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What does inoperable mean?

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Adjective
  1. Incapable of being successfully surgically operated on.
  2. Incapable of correct operation or function; inoperative.
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The research, conducted at the Liverpool Lung Cancer Unit, could help prolong the lives of people diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.
The Doctrine of pre-emption becomes inoperable without unimpeachable intelligence accepted by all as the coin of the realm.
A number unique to each handset can be used to identify and render stolen phones inoperable.
If it was being done, how is it that they did not know that those hydrants in a critically congested area of the city were inoperable?
The hydrant at the corner of Queen and Frederick Streets, the one closest to the fire, was one of those inoperable ones.
Surgical resection of the pancreas using Whipple's procedure remains the mainstay of therapy, but many cases of pancreatic cancer are inoperable.

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