inoperative

English

inoperative (not comparable)

Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
- 1974, “H2Ogate Blues”, in Winter in America, performed by Gil Scott-Heron:
  Let me see if I can dial this number right quick / "I am sorry, the government you have elected is inoperative / Click. Inoperative"
(law) No longer legally binding.

not working or functioning

Bulgarian: бездеен (bg) (bezdeen), недействащ (nedejstvašt)
Catalan: inoperant
Esperanto: nefunkcianta, nefunkciantaj pl
Finnish: (idle) käyttämätön (fi); (broken) epäkunnossa, rikki (fi), toimimaton (fi), käyttökelvoton (fi), toimintakyvytön
French: inopérant (fr) m
German: defekt (de)
Manx: neuobbragh
Russian: неде́йствующий (ru) (nedéjstvujuščij), нефункциони́рующий (nefunkcionírujuščij), неиспра́вный (ru) (neisprávnyj), нерабо́тающий (ru) (nerabótajuščij)
Spanish: inoperante

no longer legally binding

Finnish: (of law) kumottu (fi); (of contract) päättynyt (fi)
Russian: неде́йствующий (ru) (nedéjstvujuščij), недействи́тельный (ru) (nedejstvítelʹnyj), не име́ющий (зако́нной) си́лы (ne iméjuščij (zakónnoj) síly)

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