Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inoperative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inoperative \In*op"er*a*tive\, a. [Pref. in- not + operative.]
Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws
renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or
processes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inoperative
adj : not operating; "an inoperative law" [ant: {operative}]
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