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Synonyms for inoperative
adj ineffectualMore words related to inoperative
abeyant
adjective. latent
dead
adjective. not working
dormant
adjective. inactive; sleeping
harmless
adjective. not injurious or dangerous
inactive
adjective. not engaged in action; inert, lazy
- abeyant
- asleep
- blah
- disengaged
- do-nothing
- dormant
- down
- draggy
- dull
- idle
- immobile
- in holding pattern
- indolent
- inoperative
- jobless
- latent
- lax
- lethargic
- limp
- low-key
- mothballed
- motionless
- on hold
- ossified
- out of action
- out of commission
- out of service
- out of work
- passive
- quiescent
- quiet
- sedentary
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow
- sluggish
- somnolent
- stable
- static
- still
- torpid
- unemployed
- unoccupied
- unused
inanimate
adjective. not alive, not organic
ineffective
adjective. useless
- abortive
- anticlimactic
- barren
- bootless
- defeasible
- emasculate
- feckless
- feeble
- forceless
- fruitless
- futile
- idle
- impotent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- indecisive
- ineffectual
- inefficacious
- inefficient
- inept
- inferior
- innocuous
- inoperative
- lame
- limited
- neutralized
- no go
- no way
- not effective
- nugatory
- null
- paltry
- powerless
- slack-spined
- spineless
- unable
- unavailable
- unavailing
- unfruitful
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unsuccessful
- vain
- void
- withered
- worthless
ineffective/ineffectual
adjective. weak, useless
- abortive
- anticlimactic
- barren
- bootless
- defeasible
- feckless
- feeble
- forceless
- fruitless
- futile
- idle
- impotent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- indecisive
- inefficacious
- inefficient
- inept
- inferior
- innocuous
- inoperative
- invertebrate
- lame
- limited
- neutralized
- nugatory
- null
- null and void
- paltry
- powerless
- spineless
- unable
- unavailing
- unfruitful
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unsuccessful
- vain
- void
- withered
- worthless
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