1 (of an illness, especially CANCER) not able to be cured by a medical operation:
an inoperable brain tumour
2 (formal) that cannot be used or made to work; not practical:
The policy was thought to be inoperable. * The fire rendered the port inoperable.
OPPOPERABLE
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In this entry, inoperable is tagged as adjective.
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