"inoperative" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inoperative.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-inoperative.wav
Etymology: From in- + operative. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|operative}} in- + operative Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} inoperative (not comparable)
  1. Not working or functioning; either idle or broken. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not working or functioning): бездеен (bezdeen) (Bulgarian), недействащ (nedejstvašt) (Bulgarian), inoperant (Catalan), nefunkcianta (Esperanto), nefunkciantaj [plural] (Esperanto), käyttämätön (english: idle) (Finnish), epäkunnossa (english: broken) (Finnish), rikki (Finnish), toimimaton (Finnish), käyttökelvoton (Finnish), toimintakyvytön (Finnish), inopérant [masculine] (French), defekt (German), neuobbragh (Manx), неде́йствующий (nedéjstvujuščij) (Russian), нефункциони́рующий (nefunkcionírujuščij) (Russian), неиспра́вный (neisprávnyj) (Russian), нерабо́тающий (nerabótajuščij) (Russian), inoperante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inoperative-en-adj-dHrGHmS8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'not working or functioning': 97 3
  2. (law) No longer legally binding. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Law Translations (no longer legally binding): kumottu (note: of law) (Finnish), päättynyt (note: of contract) (Finnish), неде́йствующий (nedéjstvujuščij) (Russian), недействи́тельный (nedejstvítelʹnyj) (Russian), не име́ющий си́лы (alt: зако́нной) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-inoperative-en-adj-ZOQBgJ4X Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 51 49 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'no longer legally binding': 1 99

Alternative forms

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          "word": "rikki"
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      "word": "бездеен"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not working or functioning",
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      "sense": "not working or functioning",
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      "sense": "not working or functioning",
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      "sense": "not working or functioning",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not working or functioning",
      "word": "defekt"
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      "sense": "not working or functioning",
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      "sense": "not working or functioning",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "of law",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "no longer legally binding",
      "word": "не име́ющий си́лы"
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Download raw JSONL data for inoperative meaning in English (5.9kB)

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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "adjective",
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.