What is another word for inoperative?
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When does a transistor become inoperative?
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How does a transistor become inoperative?
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnˈɒpəɹətˌɪv], [ ɪnˈɒpəɹətˌɪv], [ ɪ_n_ˈɒ_p_ə_ɹ_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]
Related words: inoperative transistor, inoperative cell phone, inoperative machine, inoperative computer, inoperative heat pump, broken inoperative, inoperative hair dryer
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Similar words for inoperative:
- all (adjective)
- dead (adjective)
- defunct (adjective)
- dormant (adjective)
- harmless (adjective)
- inactive (adjective)
- inanimate (adjective)
- ineffective (adjective)
- ineffective/ineffectual (adjective)
- inefficacious (adjective)
- insentient (adjective)
- inutile (adjective)
- invalid (adjective)
- latent (adjective)
- null (adjective)
- off (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- quiescent (adjective)
- unable (adjective)
- unoffensive (adjective)
- unusable (adjective)
- useless (adjective)
- void (adjective)
- ineffectual (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- defeated (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Inoperative:
adj.
• all (adjective) • dead (adjective) • defunct (adjective) • dormant (adjective)- more sidelined,
- suspended,
- on shelf,
- most sidelined,
- more hibernating,
- out action,
- most smoldering,
- on the shelf,
- pre-patent,
- more smoldering,
- pre patent,
- most hibernating,
- more prepatent,
- most slumbering,
- most prepatent,
- more slumbering.
- in-offensive,
- most nonirritating,
- more innoxious,
- most hurtless,
- guiltless,
- in noxious,
- in offensive,
- re-liable,
- most painless,
- more nontoxic,
- most disarmed,
- most innoxious,
- most paper tiger,
- re liabler,
- more painless,
- most paper-tiger,
- most softie,
- more papertiger,
- most papertiger,
- more pussycat,
- un-objectionable,
- dis armed,
- more softie,
- in-noxious,
- more nonirritating,
- re-liablest,
- in-nocuous,
- papertiger,
- re-liabler,
- manageable,
- non toxic,
- more hurtless,
- in nocent,
- in nocuous,
- non-irritating,
- dis-armed,
- re liablest,
- more paper-tiger,
- most nontoxic,
- non irritating,
- un objectionable,
- most pussycat,
- in-nocent,
- more paper tiger,
- more disarmed.
- somnolent,
- do nothing,
- jobless,
- on hold,
- mothballed,
- indolent,
- draggy,
- low key,
- quiescent,
- in holding pattern.
- in-sensate,
- non-animal,
- most nonanimal,
- mineral,
- more nonanimal,
- most azoic,
- most nonvegetable,
- more azoic,
- in sensate,
- most mineral,
- non animal,
- more nonvegetable,
- non vegetable,
- in animate,
- in-animate,
- more mineral,
- non-vegetable.
- more slackspined,
- slack-spined,
- more emasculate,
- most slackspined,
- most emasculate,
- more slack spined,
- most slack spined,
- in-effective,
- in effective,
- slackspined,
- slack spined,
- more slack-spined,
- most slack-spined.
- in effectual,
- more defeasible,
- in adequate,
- de feasible,
- more invertebrate,
- in-decisive,
- in efficient,
- more ineffective,
- most forceless,
- in-competent,
- in vertebrate,
- in competent,
- in-effectual,
- un-productive,
- un fruitful,
- in-vertebrate,
- most neutralized,
- invertebrate,
- more anticlimactic,
- most defeasible,
- un availing,
- more neutralized,
- null void,
- null and void,
- un successful,
- un-availing,
- inefficient,
- un-fruitful,
- un-successful,
- more forceless,
- in-adequate,
- in-efficient,
- anti climactic,
- de-feasible,
- in decisive,
- un productive,
- most invertebrate,
- anti-climactic,
- most anticlimactic.
- more reasonless,
- more ill-founded,
- un-soundest,
- more illfounded,
- un truest,
- illfounded,
- ill founded,
- un reasoned,
- most illfounded,
- un-truer,
- most ill-founded,
- un truer,
- un sound,
- un-reasonable,
- un-scientific,
- un-truest,
- in-valid,
- un scientific,
- un-reasoned,
- un sounder,
- un-sounder,
- most reasonless,
- un-sound,
- most ill founded,
- un reasonable,
- more ill founded,
- in valid.
- most characterless,
- more nothing,
- un sanctioned,
- un-real,
- more unsanctioned,
- un-sanctioned,
- most nothing,
- most unsanctioned.
- Hurtless,
- inactive,
- unable,
- unratified,
- defunct,
- no go,
- paper-tiger,
- no good,
- null,
- not cut out for,
- can't make the grade,
- non-toxic,
- closed down,
- on vacation,
- unenforceable,
- not viable,
- off,
- painless,
- slumbering,
- not effective,
- latent,
- insentient,
- innoxious,
- inanimate,
- azoic,
- unsanctioned,
- useless,
- not working,
- can't cut it,
- unfitted,
- defeasible,
- nonirritating,
- prepatent,
- out of action,
- nonanimal,
- inefficacious,
- harmless,
- dormant,
- not able,
- ill-founded,
- forceless,
- dead,
- Unoffensive,
- characterless,
- void,
- nontoxic,
- reasonless,
- anticlimactic,
- invalid,
- pussycat,
- sidelined,
- can't hack it,
- at rest,
- de-activated,
- not up to,
- not equal to,
- not employed,
- softie,
- no way,
- not binding,
- nonvegetable.
- un skilled,
- un-qualified,
- cant cut it,
- un-skilled,
- un ablest,
- in-capacitated,
- can't make grade,
- not to,
- un-abler,
- most hog tied,
- un abler,
- un-ablest,
- more hog tied,
- more impuissant,
- more hogtied,
- Impuissant,
- most impuissant,
- un fitted,
- more hog-tied,
- un-fitted,
- in capable,
- cant make the grade,
- most hogtied,
- un qualified,
- most hog-tied,
- in capacitated,
- in-capable,
- un-fit,
- cant hack it,
- most unfitted,
- cant make grade,
- more unfitted,
- no can do.
n.
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•
- action.
- weak.
- kilter,
- conk,
- freeze,
- seize up,
- unusable,
- haywire,
- defective,
- on the blink,
- flat,
- incapacitate,
- go off,
- shutdown,
- misfire,
- stop,
- misbehave,
- temperamental,
- break down,
- break,
- whack,
- broken,
- malfunction,
- shut,
- die,
- idle,
- burn,
- deactivate,
- shut (sth) off,
- act,
- unworkable,
- faulty,
- commission,
- out of order,
- give,
- go,
- give out,
- Had,
- Fritz,
- outage,
- stall,
- burn out,
- shut (sth) down,
- ghost,
- act up,
- shot,
- suspended animation,
- disable,
- failure,
- on the fritz,
- non-functional,
- downtime,
- shudder,
- blink,
- knackered,
- cut,
- Short circuit,
- cut out,
- dysfunction,
- down,
- wrong,
- seize,
- ineffective,
- crash,
- out of commission,
- conk out,
- out of service,
- fail,
- go down.
v.
• defeated (verb)Other synonyms:
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•
- inert.
- fatuous,
- out of work,
- incapacitated,
- obsolete,
- low,
- crippled,
- immobilized,
- bust,
- out of kilter,
- out of condition,
- unprolific,
- acarpous,
- unfertile,
- unfruitful,
- outmoded,
- sluggish,
- bad,
- extinguished,
- unfit,
- false,
- vain,
- damaged,
- unemployable,
- of no avail,
- nonfunctioning,
- nonfunctional,
- feckless,
- malfunctioning,
- incompetent,
- inadequate,
- wasted,
- unavailing,
- fake,
- abortive,
- impaired,
- futile,
- insignificant,
- insufficient,
- valueless,
- broken-down,
- unemployed,
- pointless,
- otiose,
- Fatuitous,
- non-functioning,
- Functionless,
- counterproductive,
- infertile,
- disabled,
- impotent,
- Infecund,
- of no effect,
- failing,
- Inservient,
- dispensable,
- empty,
- torpid,
- scuppered,
- effete,
- unused,
- stale,
- out,
- etiolated,
- in disrepair,
- redundant,
- use,
- addled,
- unsuitable,
- unconducive,
- worthless,
- bootless,
- unlit,
- unserviceable,
- dud,
- unhelpful,
- stagnant,
- unprofitable,
- unproductive,
- arid,
- out of joint,
- dull,
- unskillful,
- duff,
- superfluous,
- expired,
- ineffectual,
- nonvalid,
- Teemless,
- Doused,
- nugatory,
- unoccupied,
- nonoperating,
- out of gear,
- harmed,
- immature,
- out of whack,
- ruined,
- Nul,
- asleep,
- barren,
- lame,
- Issueless,
- inept,
- inapplicable,
- counterfeit,
- inane,
- inutile,
- passive,
- wonky,
- fallow,
- order,
- nonbinding,
- fruitless.
How to use "Inoperative" in context?
An "inoperative" is a machine or equipment that does not work. How do you determine if a machine is "inoperative"? In most cases, it is necessary to check the user manual or the manufacturer's instructions. If the "inoperative" machine is a vital part of the production process, the plant manager or supervisor will usually order it repaired or replaced. When a machine is "inoperative", it is not producing the desired results, which could mean many things. Sometimes, it is simply a matter of things needing to be broken in so that the machine is functioning optimally.
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Independent
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Adjective
disabled, dormant, invalid, irrelevant, mute, useless, deactivated, de-activated.
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Verb, past participle
deactivated.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
inactive, ineffective, ineffectual, inoperable, unworkable.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
inert.
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Adjective
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