D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Inoperative

/ĭnˌ-äp'-ẽr-ət-ĭv/ · In·op·er·a·tive · IPA /ɪnˈɑp(ə)ɹətɪv/
01 a. Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.
  1. 1.
    Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.