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Definition of inoperable in English: inoperableadjective ɪnˈɒp(ə)rəb(ə)lɪnˈɑp(ə)rəbəl 1Medicine
Not able to be suitably operated on. Example sentencesExamples - A 63 year old man with pneumonia was admitted three weeks after he had been discharged after investigation and, ultimately, a diagnosis of an aggressive inoperable lung cancer.
- Surgical resection of the pancreas using Whipple's procedure remains the mainstay of therapy, but many cases of pancreatic cancer are inoperable.
- She had just been diagnosed with inoperable rectal cancer and faced months of chemotherapy and biological therapy plus the annoyance of having an ileostomy.
- The research, conducted at the Liverpool Lung Cancer Unit, could help prolong the lives of people diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.
- Detection of inoperable cancer was the outcome measure.
Synonyms untreatable, incurable, beyond cure, beyond surgery, irremediable malignant terminal, fatal, deadly, lethal, mortal rare immedicable 2Not able to be used. the airfield was bombed and made inoperable Example sentencesExamples - How it has taken almost a month to correct whatever fault that has rendered the traffic lights at this dangerous junction inoperable is beyond me.
- Since her steam engines were long ago rendered inoperable, it would cost an additional $15,000 to have her towed up the river.
- He protested that there was absolutely no brake fluid in the car - none - and the brakes were inoperable.
- The company has 489 inoperable buses left idle in its 16 bus depots.
- Most systems allow all windows but the driver's to be made inoperable from the passenger seats, which is very handy for folk with small children to consider.
- The train had its windows smashed and was left inoperable.
- It had a fireplace and the first night we moved in, not knowing that it was inoperable, we started an enormous fire and smoked everybody out of the apartments above us.
- I wrote to Celtic to complain, but despite getting a reply promising action, the toilet locks remained inoperable, and I now follow my team via the radio, hardly a worthy substitute.
- Four refineries may remain inoperable for months.
- This would render the space telescope inoperable in 2 to 4 years.
- If it was being done, how is it that they did not know that those hydrants in a critically congested area of the city were inoperable?
- Although the deal called for such heavy arms as mortars and rocket-propelled grenades to be surrendered to the Marines, all they have received is a small assortment of rusty, inoperable weapons.
- As the lift was inoperable, my legs are still complaining.
- The hydrant at the corner of Queen and Frederick Streets, the one closest to the fire, was one of those inoperable ones.
- A number unique to each handset can be used to identify and render stolen phones inoperable.
- This week is one to be lamented as if officially puts an end to the summer and the time has come to resolve to remove the de-icer from the car before the locks freeze up rendering the doors inoperable.
- And as groups which emphasize their military nature, they should certainly know better than to point any gun, even an inoperable one, at someone whom they're not about to justifiably shoot.
- Well, remember, there are some over 200,000 tons that have been found and destroyed and made inoperable by our spectacular service people who work in the coalition.
- After their defeat at the Battle of Long Island, the mill was disabled so that the British would find it inoperable.
- A crate containing the weapon had already arrived by ship at a US port - but, before leaving Russia, the missile had been made inoperable.
Synonyms unusable, out of action, out of order, out of service, not in service, not operative, not in operation, not working, non-active, unable to be used 3Not able to be implemented; impractical. the procedures were inoperable Example sentencesExamples - The Doctrine of pre-emption becomes inoperable without unimpeachable intelligence accepted by all as the coin of the realm.
- Many of them know, as indeed we know on this side of the House, that if we accept the amendments that have been put forward, the questioning process from a practical point of view will be rendered inoperable.
- The uneasy separation of motive from outcome, which he blithely assumes in theory, is inoperable in practice.
Synonyms impractical, unworkable, unfeasible, unrealistic, non-viable, impracticable, unserviceable, unsuitable, inappropriate, inconvenient
Derivatives nounɪnɒp(ə)rəˈbɪlɪti Patients with preoperative needle biopsies showing inoperability did not undergo additional open biopsy because it was considered unethical in light of the very low false-positive rate of cytology. Example sentencesExamples - Endoscopic ultrasound may help identify inoperable patients by providing tissue proof of inoperability in a single staging test, with similar sensitivity for identifying inoperable patients as other staging tests.
- Poor design of fire alarm systems can lead to increased nuisance alarm rates, increased maintenance costs, inoperability, and in some cases, fines.
- The result for ovarian cancer was of borderline significance, although patients with stage unknown had a generally worse prognosis than those with stage IV disease, presumably reflecting inoperability.
- After recently deciding to hang up my car keys, and take to the initiative of public transport, I have been dumbfounded by the blatant inoperability of public transport services.
adverb He survived his war experiences and, although 50% disabled as a result of being gassed and having a shell inoperably lodged in his abdomen, led a life of service to his country. Example sentencesExamples - Whatever their complicated relationship, they are viscerally, inoperably conjoined.
- She survived, through the bullet, inoperably lodged in her brain, kept her in a coma for five years.
Definition of inoperable in US English: inoperableadjectiveinˈäp(ə)rəbəlɪnˈɑp(ə)rəbəl 1Medicine
Not able to be suitably operated on. inoperable cancer of the pancreas Example sentencesExamples - Surgical resection of the pancreas using Whipple's procedure remains the mainstay of therapy, but many cases of pancreatic cancer are inoperable.
- She had just been diagnosed with inoperable rectal cancer and faced months of chemotherapy and biological therapy plus the annoyance of having an ileostomy.
- The research, conducted at the Liverpool Lung Cancer Unit, could help prolong the lives of people diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.
- A 63 year old man with pneumonia was admitted three weeks after he had been discharged after investigation and, ultimately, a diagnosis of an aggressive inoperable lung cancer.
- Detection of inoperable cancer was the outcome measure.
Synonyms untreatable, incurable, beyond cure, beyond surgery, irremediable 2Not able to be operated. the airfield was bombed and made inoperable Example sentencesExamples - Although the deal called for such heavy arms as mortars and rocket-propelled grenades to be surrendered to the Marines, all they have received is a small assortment of rusty, inoperable weapons.
- The train had its windows smashed and was left inoperable.
- The hydrant at the corner of Queen and Frederick Streets, the one closest to the fire, was one of those inoperable ones.
- This week is one to be lamented as if officially puts an end to the summer and the time has come to resolve to remove the de-icer from the car before the locks freeze up rendering the doors inoperable.
- Most systems allow all windows but the driver's to be made inoperable from the passenger seats, which is very handy for folk with small children to consider.
- And as groups which emphasize their military nature, they should certainly know better than to point any gun, even an inoperable one, at someone whom they're not about to justifiably shoot.
- This would render the space telescope inoperable in 2 to 4 years.
- Well, remember, there are some over 200,000 tons that have been found and destroyed and made inoperable by our spectacular service people who work in the coalition.
- As the lift was inoperable, my legs are still complaining.
- After their defeat at the Battle of Long Island, the mill was disabled so that the British would find it inoperable.
- He protested that there was absolutely no brake fluid in the car - none - and the brakes were inoperable.
- If it was being done, how is it that they did not know that those hydrants in a critically congested area of the city were inoperable?
- It had a fireplace and the first night we moved in, not knowing that it was inoperable, we started an enormous fire and smoked everybody out of the apartments above us.
- How it has taken almost a month to correct whatever fault that has rendered the traffic lights at this dangerous junction inoperable is beyond me.
- Four refineries may remain inoperable for months.
- A number unique to each handset can be used to identify and render stolen phones inoperable.
- I wrote to Celtic to complain, but despite getting a reply promising action, the toilet locks remained inoperable, and I now follow my team via the radio, hardly a worthy substitute.
- The company has 489 inoperable buses left idle in its 16 bus depots.
- Since her steam engines were long ago rendered inoperable, it would cost an additional $15,000 to have her towed up the river.
- A crate containing the weapon had already arrived by ship at a US port - but, before leaving Russia, the missile had been made inoperable.
Synonyms unusable, out of action, out of order, out of service, not in service, not operative, not in operation, not working, non-active, unable to be used 3Impractical; unworkable. the procedures were inoperable Example sentencesExamples - The uneasy separation of motive from outcome, which he blithely assumes in theory, is inoperable in practice.
- Many of them know, as indeed we know on this side of the House, that if we accept the amendments that have been put forward, the questioning process from a practical point of view will be rendered inoperable.
- The Doctrine of pre-emption becomes inoperable without unimpeachable intelligence accepted by all as the coin of the realm.
Synonyms impractical, unworkable, unfeasible, unrealistic, non-viable, impracticable, unserviceable, unsuitable, inappropriate, inconvenient
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