Inoperative
Inoperative adjective - Not being in working order.
Usage example: looking for an expert to fix the inoperative grandfather clock
Nonfunctioning and inoperative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nonfunctioning" instead an adjective "Inoperative".
Nearby Word: inoperable
Nonfunctioning
Nonfunctioning adjective - Not being in working order.
Usage example: the Ferris wheel is nonfunctioning at the moment
Inoperative and nonfunctioning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Inoperative" instead an adjective "Nonfunctioning".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- down and inoperative
- down and nonfunctioning
- dead and inoperative
- dead and nonfunctioning
- inactive and inoperative
- inactive and nonfunctioning
- useless and inoperative
- useless and nonfunctioning
- defunct and inoperative
- defunct and nonfunctioning
- broken and inoperative
- broken and nonfunctioning
- unusable and inoperative
- unusable and nonfunctioning
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Nonfunctioning and Inoperative. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/inoperative/nonfunctioning
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