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inoperable

adjective as in not operable or practicable

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But momentum is building to force manufacturers to install ‘kill switches’ that render stolen phones inoperable.

ABC News reported Monday morning that Scott had inoperable brain cancer.

A week ago, Bill called to tell me that he had pancreatic cancer and that it was inoperable.

Similarly, at the present time, post-basic meningitis of infants is rightly deemed inoperable.

In inoperable cases benefit may follow the use of the X-rays, or of radium.

The fourth case supposes the cancer is inoperable but the child viable.

The third case is that of an inoperable cancer and an inviable child.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to inoperable, such as: impractical/impracticable, infeasible, unfeasible, unworkable, broken, and dead.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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