inoperable
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At night, after the bookstore closed, he, sometimes with the help of friends, pushed the inoperable vehicle into the lot at Quirky and slept in it.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
“Residents are rightfully fed up. We cannot allow inoperable, abandoned vehicles to become a permanent fixture of our streetscape. Nor can we enable ‘vanlords’ to exploit the homeless,” she said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
New Start required the Navy to convert submarine missile tubes, making them inoperable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
For the first time in 35 years, The Daily Star could not publish its print edition on Friday and will be "inoperable for a while", consulting editor Kamal Ahmed told the BBC.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025
They finally discovered a tumor, awkwardly located at the base of his skull, and declared it inoperable.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Vocabulary lists containing inoperable
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -able, -ible
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