“I have been trying for months to return the inoperable printer for a refund.”

“The hydrant at the corner of Queen and Frederick Streets, the one closest to the fire, was one of those inoperable ones.”

“The Doctrine of pre-emption becomes inoperable without unimpeachable intelligence accepted by all as the coin of the realm.”

“The fire hydrants, which are sometimes found to be inoperative during the fire hazards in the town, should be revamped.”

“It is obvious that no patent can be invalid and inoperative by reason of its failure to describe and claim matter lying outside the limits of that invention.”

“A marginal machine can be expected to bring a daily net gain of $4,000, and an inoperative machine causes a net loss of $16,000 a day.”