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What does inoperative mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word inoperative? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. not working or functioning; either idle or broken
  2. (law) No longer legally binding
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One wonders how the inoperative council is supposed to generate the much needed finances to liquidate the debts.
Don't worry about shutting off the fuel and mags on the inoperative engine at these low altitudes.
Some of them we will only be able to play three times before they come inoperative.
The clerk appeared a minute later and said that the car wash was inoperative, because they were cleaning it.
My kids love them, naturally enough, and I can't get away with sitting them on an inoperative machine any more.
One or more pipes or the canister itself could be blocked or damaged, or maybe one of the valves in the system is inoperative.

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