inoperative

Example Sentences

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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

Twitter's legal page was inoperative, which delayed the government from serving Twitter through its website until two days later, according to the documents.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2023

Perhaps previously, I had awakened only at night; or perhaps in my distraction, my sight as well as my other faculties had been rendered inoperative.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson