Inoperative

a.

1.

Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

Adj.

1.

inoperative - not operating; "an inoperative law" Antonyms: operative - being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"

barren, bootless, broken, counterproductive, effete, empty, etiolated, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless, fruitless, functionless, futile, haywire, in disrepair, inadequate, inane, inapplicable, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inoperable, invalid, nonfunctional, nonutilitarian, nugacious, nugatory, of no force, on the blink, on the fritz, otiose, out of commission, out of condition, out of gear, out of joint, out of kelter, out of kilter, out of order, out of repair, out of tune, out of whack, sterile, unavailing, unconducive, unemployable, unfit, unhelpful, unsuitable, unusable, unworkable, useless, vain

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