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in·op·er·a·tive (

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adj.

1. Not working or functioning.

2. No longer in force, countermanded: declared the previous instructions inoperative.

in·oper·a·tive·ness n.

inoperative

Adjective

not working or functioning: continued shelling has rendered the ceasefire inoperative

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Adj.

1.

inoperative - not working or taking effect; "an inoperative law"

operative - being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"

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It would therefore be destitute of a precise meaning, and inoperative from its uncertainty.

Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context

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