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"ref": "1974, “H2Ogate Blues”, in Winter in America, performed by Gil Scott-Heron",
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"ref": "2024 February 7, Greg Morse, “Tebay tragedy and track safety”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 41",
"text": "RSSB's report, released on September 23 2004, revealed that that the parking brakes on neither trolley had applied. It also revealed how the fixed piping carrying hydraulic pressure to the brake units on both had been severed and blanked off. This meant the parking brakes would not have been able to be released from the RRV. Washers to provide a clamping force to keep the parking brakes on were also missing, rendering them \"completely inoperative\".",
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"No longer legally binding."
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"(law) No longer legally binding."
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"word": "kumottu"
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"ref": "1974, “H2Ogate Blues”, in Winter in America, performed by Gil Scott-Heron",
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"ref": "2024 February 7, Greg Morse, “Tebay tragedy and track safety”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 41",
"text": "RSSB's report, released on September 23 2004, revealed that that the parking brakes on neither trolley had applied. It also revealed how the fixed piping carrying hydraulic pressure to the brake units on both had been severed and blanked off. This meant the parking brakes would not have been able to be released from the RRV. Washers to provide a clamping force to keep the parking brakes on were also missing, rendering them \"completely inoperative\".",
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"roman": "bezdeen",
"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "бездеен"
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"roman": "nedejstvašt",
"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "недействащ"
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"sense": "not working or functioning",
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"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "käyttämätön"
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"english": "broken",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "epäkunnossa"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "rikki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "toimimaton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "käyttökelvoton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "toimintakyvytön"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "not working or functioning",
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"word": "inopérant"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "defekt"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "neuobbragh"
},
{
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"roman": "nedéjstvujuščij",
"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "неде́йствующий"
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"roman": "nefunkcionírujuščij",
"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "нефункциони́рующий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neisprávnyj",
"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "неиспра́вный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nerabótajuščij",
"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "нерабо́тающий"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not working or functioning",
"word": "inoperante"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of law",
"sense": "no longer legally binding",
"word": "kumottu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of contract",
"sense": "no longer legally binding",
"word": "päättynyt"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "nedéjstvujuščij",
"sense": "no longer legally binding",
"word": "неде́йствующий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedejstvítelʹnyj",
"sense": "no longer legally binding",
"word": "недействи́тельный"
},
{
"alt": "зако́нной",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "no longer legally binding",
"word": "не име́ющий си́лы"
}
],
"word": "inoperative"
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