inoperable

From in- +‎ operable.

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inoperable (not comparable)

1. (surgery) Incapable of being successfully operated on.

   Antonym: operable

   Near-synonym: incurable

2. Incapable of operation or function; inoperative.
   • 2021 August 11, Ben Jones, “Network News: Main line steam servicing facility for Cornwall”, in RAIL, number 937, page 27, photo caption:

     MPower Kernow will clear and repair the currently inoperable turntable - allowing steam locomotives to be turned in Cornwall again and opening up the potential for new charter operations.

From in- +‎ operable.

• IPA^(key): /inopeˈɾable/ [i.no.peˈɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: i‧no‧pe‧ra‧ble

inoperable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inoperables)

1. inoperable
2. inoperative

• “inoperable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024