inoperable

Example Sentences

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His own health issues followed the death of his former bandmate Tom Parker, in 2022 at the age of 33, after he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.

From BBC

“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

New Start required the Navy to convert submarine missile tubes, making them inoperable.

From The Wall Street Journal

But when she was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, she started losing weight and getting weaker.

From BBC

A 2023 law which proposed a similar ban on social media for young teenagers proved inoperable after courts decided it broke European law.

From BBC