inoperative

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Goldman previously thought the Strait might be inoperative for about half that time.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

Kia said owners have received multiple notices on the recall by mail and that when inoperative vehicles are excluded, roughly 35% remain uncompleted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

The Automated Surface Observing Station, which provides weather data to pilots, was "inoperative at the time of the accident due to an unrelated power surge".

From BBC • May 23, 2025

Zhurong joins a number of other Mars robots that are now inoperative, including NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which sputtered out after six years and 77 days and 14 years and 138 days, respectively.

From Salon • May 7, 2023

A cultivator, a stripped tractor, a horsetrailer with no side panels and no tires, and other inoperative farm machinery lay about.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols