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inofficially |
inofficious |
inofficiously |
inogen |
inoic beam |
inoperable
| inoperation
| inoperative
| inopercular
| inoperculate
| inopinable
inoperable
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective inoperable has 2 senses
OXFORD DICTIONARY
inoperable, adj.
1 Surgery that cannot suitably be operated on (inoperable cancer).
2 that cannot be operated; inoperative.
1 Surgery that cannot suitably be operated on (inoperable cancer).
2 that cannot be operated; inoperative.
Derivative
inoperability n. inoperably adv.
Etymology
F inop{eacute}rable (as IN-(1), OPERABLE)
THESAURUS
inoperable
beyond one, beyond recall, beyond remedy, cureless, functionless, gone, immedicable, impracticable, impractical, in disrepair, inapplicable, incorrigible, incurable, inoperative, insuperable, insurmountable, irreclaimable, irrecoverable, irredeemable, irreformable, irremediable, irreparable, irretrievable, irreversible, irrevocable, lost, nonfunctional, nonutilitarian, otiose, out of order, out of whack, past hope, past praying for, remediless, ruined, terminal, too much for, unachievable, unattainable, uncompassable, unconducive, undoable, undone, uneffectible, unemployable, unfit, unhelpful, unmitigable, unnegotiable, unperformable, unrealizable, unrelievable, unsalvable, unsalvageable, unsuitable, unsurmountable, unusable, unworkable
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