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inoperable, a.|ɪnˈɒpərəb(ə)l|
[in-3; cf. F. inopérable.]
That cannot be operated on; unfit for an operation.
1886Med. News Apr. 462 An article on the treatment of inoperable cancer. 1897Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 July 150 To try the value of the serum on selected inoperable cases of malignant disease.
Add Surg. to sense in Dict. and add: 2. Of a device: unable to be operated or used; broken.
1949Kirk & Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. III. 683 Precautions should be taken to prevent the solution from sucking back..to the control valves and rendering these inoperable. 1973Daily Tel. 27 Feb. 3/2 On the day of the accident eight of the fire extinguishers were inoperable. 1990Skin Diver Mar. 146c/2 A missing flash sync cord renders the U/W strobe inoperable.
3. fig. Of a scheme or practice: impossible to implement or operate; impractical, unworkable.
1975Facts on File Yearbk. XXXV. 22/1 Near-monopoly and ‘administered’ prices render the forces of true competition inoperable. 1987V. S. Naipaul Enigma of Arrival ii. 155 That gift of fantasy became inoperable as soon as I came to England in 1950. 1991N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Oct. 36/3 ‘Feudalism’ was not simply destroyed by the decrees of August 4 but by the peasant uprisings, which made it inoperable in farms and villages. |