Associations to the word «Inoperative»

Wiktionary

INOPERATIVE, adjective. Not working or functioning; either idle or broken
INOPERATIVE, adjective. (legal) No longer legally binding

Dictionary definition

INOPERATIVE, adjective. Not working or taking effect; "an inoperative law".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King