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What is another word for
inoperative
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▲
Not properly working or having the desired effect
Not legally valid or binding
In an idle state due to not being used or employed
Of no real use or worth
Nonliving, having no sentience or consciousness
Not able or likely to cause harm or injury
Out of action
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Adjective
▲
Not properly working or having the desired effect
malfunctioning
broken
defective
kaput
down
inoperable
faulty
bust
nonfunctional
nonfunctioning
nonoperating
knackered
kaputt
shot
unserviceable
wonky
useless
ineffective
jiggered
unworkable
ineffectual
inefficacious
nonactive
not working
not functioning
broken-down
in disrepair
out of commission
out of order
acting up
conked out
gone haywire
non-functional
gone phut
on the blink
not in working order
gone kaput
out of service
broken down
out of action
out of whack
out of use
on the fritz
hors de combat
busted
damaged
non-functioning
unsound
out of kilter
duff
done for
unusable
playing up
dud
on its last legs
finished
imperfect
inactive
impaired
flawed
out
disabled
dead
ruined
conked-out
incapacitated
haywire
unoperational
up the spout
non-operational
worn-out
had it
not functional
inoperational
bad
unavailable
weak
buggy
unfunctional
not in operation
unavailable for use
unavailing
jammed
gone
spent
worn out
unproductive
dysfunctional
scrap
bootless
abortive
doesn't work
bonkers
kerflooey
run-down
fallen apart
not in service
not in use
gone wrong
gone to pieces
in the shop
on the shelf
in a state of disrepair
in need of repair
given up the ghost
gone bust
stopped working
packed up
S
U
old
dilapidated
done
unable to be used
rumpty
in repair
decommissioned
sunk
doomed
worthless
idle
done in
failed
valueless
clapped out
off
wracked
crashed
exhausted
unsatisfactory
feeble
coming unglued
screwed up
coming unstuck
shoddy
no good
amiss
gone to pot
unhealthy
unreliable
wrecked
on the bum
blemished
sick
lemon
maimed
marred
beat-up
injured
warped
cracked
deformed
scratched
torn
messed up
deteriorated
smashed
ramshackle
crumbling
tumbledown
decayed
destroyed
spoilt
UK
spoiled
US
toast
in poor condition
gone to rack and ruin
falling to pieces
wiped out
battered
dashed
lost
defeated
devastated
jacked up
totaled
run down
in flames
badly maintained
poorly maintained
worse for wear
in ruins
at an end
down the tubes
down for the count
washed-up
down the drain
ill-maintained
disfigured
past its best
malfunctional
dented
buckled
shattered
through
maladjusted
unfit
undermined
debilitated
crushed
bankrupt
over
hurt
beaten
undone
drained
abnormal
thwarted
empty
liquidated
derelict
decrepit
over with
inhibited
dead and buried
over the hill
played out
gone to the wall
past it
wound up
neglected
in pieces
dinged
snafued
bent
flubbed
decaying
ruinous
in shreds
glitched
wounded
disintegrating
in tatters
in ashes
dead in the water
shambly
shacky
munted
fordone
irreparable
blasted
irremediable
no-go
loused up
in smithereens
fouled up
mucked up
botched
mutilated
harmed
falling apart
uncared-for
defunct
cooked
ended
extinct
floored
on the skids
out of circulation
burned out
belly-up
out of business
down and out
all washed up
more ❯
“The fire hydrants, which are sometimes found to be
inoperative
during the fire hazards in the town, should be revamped.”
Adjective
▲
Not legally valid or binding
invalid
void
nonbinding
null
nonvalid
bad
nullified
canceled
US
cancelled
UK
revoked
rescinded
ineffective
discontinued
terminated
null and void
not binding
non-viable
not in force
nugatory
annulled
unacceptable
abolished
worthless
unenforceable
useless
ineffectual
unsanctioned
repealed
improper
inapplicable
illegitimate
legally void
unavailing
inefficacious
cancelled out
incorrect
of no effect
expired
voided
lapsed
negated
nonviable
unratified
unrenewed
forceless
meaningless
dead
not viable
out of date
set aside
bogus
false
dud
fake
spurious
fraudulent
phoney
UK
counterfeit
forged
dummy
pseudo
illegal
mock
hoax
phony
US
artificial
sham
uncollectible
extinct
run out
stale
obsolete
elapsed
superseded
no longer current
no longer topical
finished
ended
past
more ❯
“It is obvious that no patent can be invalid and
inoperative
by reason of its failure to describe and claim matter lying outside the limits of that invention.”
Adjective
▲
In an idle state due to not being used or employed
inactive
dormant
idle
unused
inert
free
vacant
off
latent
dead
fallow
unemployed
quiescent
out of commission
disused
stagnant
non-functioning
obsolete
not in use
no longer in use
discontinued
fossilized
US
unusable
defunct
extinct
outdated
redundant
fossilised
UK
suspended
out-of-date
mothballed
not functioning
at rest
fallen into disuse
in abeyance
on the shelf
out of use
unreserved
resting
deactivated
sleeping
not operating
not working
gathering dust
not activated
unutilized
abeyant
down
sidelined
unexploited
not made use of
untried
untapped
closed down
unspoiled
unspoilt
out of action
turned off
not in service
going begging
archaic
forgotten
abandoned
ancient
lapsed
antiquated
discarded
bygone
old
superseded
antique
expired
bypast
former
unreactive
stale
void
invalid
elapsed
out of date
no longer active
very old
of yore
null and void
run out
unoccupied
disengaged
available
deserted
neglected
accessible
empty
forsaken
spare
untaken
uninhabited
unengaged
superannuated
at hand
up for grabs
on hand
not occupied
vanished
ended
untouched
handy
usable
unfilled
stationary
exploitable
untenanted
for the taking
tenantless
employable
still
ticking over
on hold
low-key
static
in holding pattern
derelict
vacated
desolate
evacuated
rejected
moribund
leisure
own
more ❯
“A marginal machine can be expected to bring a daily net gain of $4,000, and an
inoperative
machine causes a net loss of $16,000 a day.”
Adjective
▲
Of no real use or worth
nugatory
pointless
useless
vain
valueless
worthless
abortive
futile
unproductive
superfluous
ineffectual
ineffective
idle
unavailing
inefficacious
inefficient
fruitless
unprofitable
profitless
bootless
purposeless
feckless
counterproductive
inutile
unsuccessful
hopeless
inept
inactive
weak
empty
otiose
barren
incompetent
impotent
off
non-functioning
inadequate
silent
not working
failed
impractical
feeble
inexpedient
unusable
inferior
meaningless
powerless
lame
unworkable
nonfunctional
unpurposed
paltry
unfruitful
unfunctional
hamstrung
pathetic
null
unfructuous
dysfunctional
expendable
scrap
unable
anticlimactic
impracticable
indecisive
forceless
withered
non-successful
good-for-nothing
to no effect
of no use
to no avail
turned off
not in use
out of use
out of service
unsuitable
unserviceable
stillborn
nonpractical
junky
unbeneficial
broken
unuseful
inoperable
pants
unhelpful
self-defeating
in vain
Sisyphean
not useful
to no purpose
poor
incapable
limited
unfit
void
innocuous
neutralized
US
defeasible
neutralised
UK
not effective
no-go
waste
unavailable
stupid
disadvantageous
no good
insignificant
hollow
senseless
inconsequential
aimless
trivial
trifling
unimportant
unrewarding
sterile
wasted
nothing
thwarted
negligible
needless
irrelevant
purportless
petty
frivolous
unnecessary
doomed
footling
insubstantial
unsatisfactory
foiled
piddling
without rhyme or reason
unessential
slight
no-good
inconsiderable
chaffy
unremunerative
of no avail
unreasonable
bungled
effete
mindless
forlorn
vapid
insufficient
miserable
wishy-washy
lost
no use
frustrated
minute
characterless
without success
picayune
no dice
spineless
impossible
casual
unprolific
banal
measly
baulked
UK
nonsensical
soft
nonproductive
vacuous
Mickey Mouse
of no benefit
inane
losing
weakling
defeated
motiveless
balked
US
botched
weak-kneed
for nought
no-win
disastrous
minor
thankless
piffling
defective
niggling
on a treadmill
mediocre
chicken
little
wretched
unsubstantial
foolish
lousy
not worth the candle
immaterial
dull
dry
boring
no-account
uninspiring
uninteresting
of no consequence
absurd
of no great concern
of no account
meritless
wasteful
commonplace
humdrum
uncreative
silly
vacant
drab
unyieldly
meek
weak-willed
prosaic
delusive
nominal
goalless
nerveless
invertebrate
gainless
wanky
deficient
milk-and-water
wet
namby-pamby
piddly
ridiculous
misfired
pimping
blocked
poxy
spiritless
craven
inadmissible
puny
peanut
unreal
derisory
stymied
unimpressive
negative
a dead loss
ruined
spoiled
US
spoilt
UK
inconvenient
trashy
pusillanimous
beyond hope
unachievable
hindered
stonewalled
obstructed
bogus
ignoble
abandoned
incommodious
wanton
unreliable
redundant
limp-wristed
not much cop
peripheral
drifting
unconstructive
supine
small
dinky
incidental
not having a prayer
with no chance of success
messed up
superficial
fiddling
cheap
de minimis
light
of no value
nonessential
not helpful
uncalled-for
nickel-and-dime
uncalled for
of little consequence
of little importance
no great shakes
small-time
fouled up
not worth mentioning
of no importance
second-rate
uneconomic
failing
maladaptive
miscarried
bungling
groundless
frustaneous
unlucrative
rotten
throwaway
dysregulated
unsalable
scant
uninformative
self-sabotaging
exhausted
unneeded
resultless
parlous
pyrrhic
insincere
baseless
adverse
self-destructive
objectless
for naught
not fruitful
dead
specious
time-wasting
rambling
unfounded
unpromising
no good to gundy
misleading
unnotable
delusory
insipid
of no earthly use
stale
not needed
spinning one's wheels
wild goose chase
insane
fatuous
going nowhere
lacking foundation
wandering
not a prayer
in vicious circle
unasked
unmeaning
unsound
helpless
nongermane
adrift
arid
tedious
flat
abject
drossy
despicable
contemptible
base
nonconstructive
cramped
without grounds
without foundation
lacklustre
UK
dreary
unstimulating
monotonous
lifeless
not serious
unreturned
Pyrrhic
unattainable
witless
indiscriminate
designless
thoughtless
illogical
irrational
irresolute
luckless
unfilled
clear
ill-fated
bleak
not worth it
not pertinent
small-fry
minuscule
bush-league
minor-league
uncelebrated
lightweight
lesser
secondary
obscure
infinitesimal
inappreciable
low-ranking
desultory
brainless
random
lackluster
US
beyond remedy
despaired of
ill-suited
inappropriate
unsuited
unassertive
lazy
floundering
undirected
haphazard
apathetic
careless
not proper
wanting
not good enough
unequal
improper
unqualified
cowardly
gutless
timid
fickle
passive
irresponsible
carefree
dithering
tame
faltering
indolent
flimsy
junk
unadvantageous
inconsistent
incompatible
inapt
wimpish
frail
wimpy
weakened
rubbishy
hit-or-miss
slothful
rubbish
unambitious
undesirable
detrimental
timorous
wavering
indeterminate
vacillating
undetermined
fallible
two a penny
shiftless
ludicrous
preposterous
chicken-hearted
corruptible
yellow
lily-livered
hemming and hawing
waffling
yellow-bellied
undependable
faint-hearted
yielding
unsure
unexceptional
laughable
ordinary
risible
average
extraneous
common
typical
plain
easily led
crazy
unenterprising
outrageous
mundane
bland
unremarkable
undistinguished
usual
unmemorable
pedestrian
pitiful
wild
asinine
frothy
unexciting
routine
unnoteworthy
vanilla
normal
trite
shoestring
tinpot
zero
zilch
zip
indifferent
comical
middling
uneventful
uninspired
idiotic
non-essential
workaday
nondescript
everyday
neither here nor there
of no moment
not worth speaking of
doesn't matter
beside the point
twopenny-halfpenny
low priority
whatever
pettifogging
derisive
beggarly
subsidiary
cockamamie
pitiable
daft
run-of-the-mill
so-so
cockamamy
sorry
a dime a dozen
dime-a-dozen
common or garden
bog-standard
garden-variety
nothing to write home about
middle-of-the-road
nothing special
plain vanilla
garden variety
bog standard
imbecilic
barmy
of little account
embarrassing
farcical
hare-brained
more ❯
“In the latter case, it would be a superfluous and
inoperative
clause in the deed.”
Adjective
▲
Nonliving, having no sentience or consciousness
inanimate
insensate
inert
insentient
senseless
insensible
lifeless
dead
cold
inorganic
motionless
defunct
inactive
azoic
exanimate
nonliving
soulless
unfeeling
spiritless
abiotic
nonanimal
nonvegetable
unresponsive
vacant
non-organic
without life
not alive
unconscious
quiescent
nerveless
mechanical
wooden
comatose
out cold
dead to the world
Adjective
▲
Not able or likely to cause harm or injury
unoffensive
innocuous
safe
inoffensive
innoxious
unobjectionable
hurtless
gentle
innocent
nontoxic
controllable
disarmed
guiltless
kind
manageable
naive
nonirritating
painless
powerless
pussycat
reliable
sanitary
simple
soft
softie
sound
sure
trustworthy
paper-tiger
benign
anodyne
white
uninjurious
clear
nonviolent
undamaging
nonpoisonous
wholesome
mild
non-dangerous
non-poisonous
undisruptive
not dangerous
unharmful
unhazardous
risk-free
non-irritant
non-toxic
non-addictive
harmless
tame
unoffending
bland
unexceptionable
noncontroversial
uncontentious
meaningless
uncontroversial
unmalicious
unhurtful
offenseless
inobnoxious
playful
well-intentioned
unintentional
unintended
non-injurious
well-meant
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Out of action
in abeyance
suspended
pending
withdrawn
withheld
on ice
in limbo
in remission
out of action
unresolved
undetermined
ongoing
awaiting action
up in the air
on the back burner
deferred
unfinished
incomplete
unattended to
put off
outstanding
hanging fire
in a state of uncertainty
in a state of suspension
unsettled
undecided
open
unconcluded
awaiting decision
awaiting attention
still open
postponed
in cold storage
betwixt and between
uncertain
put to one side
in the air
in suspension
in the balance
indeterminate
to be done
in the works
remaining
left
pendant
in reserve
not done
pendent
hanging
undone
in no man's land
forgotten
abandoned
neglected
left out
on hold
unsure
unknown
debatable
doubtful
in doubt
unconfirmed
ambiguous
vague
indefinite
iffy
open to question
moot
equivocal
unclear
questionable
yet to be decided
unanswered
speculative
open to debate
irresolute
incalculable
dubious
problematic
unpredictable
dodgy
unestablished
unascertained
inconclusive
undependable
to be decided
up for grabs
tentative
unsolved
arguable
unforeseeable
chancy
hairy
confused
undefined
dubitable
omitted
dicey
disputed
borderline
disputable
untrustworthy
unreliable
controversial
hesitant
vexed
unfulfilled
unspecified
wavering
vacillating
indecisive
unperformed
sketchy
conjectural
unfixed
ignored
clouded
passed over
in question
in a state of limbo
touch-and-go
not completed
awaiting settlement
in hand
insecure
uncommitted
at risk
inexact
suspect
unquestioned
unnoticed
unrefuted
unchallenged
doubtable
of two minds
risky
hazy
contingent
not fixed
not settled
not definite
open for discussion
not yet settled
precarious
indistinct
yet to be settled
up for discussion
awaiting
waffling
unfinalized
hanging by a thread
on thin ice
open-ended
open to doubt
not decided
uncompleted
unaccomplished
secret
unexecuted
unrevealed
to be won or lost
dark
undisclosed
hidden
concealed
untold
disregarded
undivulged
unidentified
abeyant
faltering
hesitating
unproven
undiscovered
unfamiliar
half-done
mysterious
not started
half-finished
obscure
unapprehended
unexplained
unrecognized
US
unheard of
unnoted
unrecognised
UK
unperceived
noteless
sitting on the fence
more ❯
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