inoperable
See also: inopérable
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Etymology edit
Adjective edit
inoperable (not comparable)
- (surgery) Incapable of being successfully operated on.
- Incapable of operation or function; inoperative.
- 2021 August 11, Ben Jones, “Network News: Main line steam servicing facility for Cornwall”, in RAIL, number 937, page 27, photo caption:
- MPower Kernow will clear and repair the currently inoperable turntable - allowing steam locomotives to be turned in Cornwall again and opening up the potential for new charter operations.
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surgery: incapable of being successfully operated
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incapable of function
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
inoperable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inoperables)
Further reading edit
- “inoperable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014