Synonyms of the word inoperative


INOPERATIVEDEAD - DEFUNCT - DOWN

inoperative

  • adj. not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
  • adj. (law) No longer legally binding.

dead

  • adj. (not comparable) No longer living.
  • adj. (hyperbolic) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
  • adj. (of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.
  • adj. Without emotion.
  • adj. Stationary; static.
  • adj. Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.
  • adj. Unproductive.
  • adj. (not comparable, of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; without power; without…
  • adj. (not comparable) Broken or inoperable.
  • adj. (not comparable) No longer used or required.
  • adj. (engineering) Not imparting motion or power.
  • adj. (not comparable, sports) Not in play.
  • adj. (not comparable, golf, of a golf ball) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in…
  • adj. (not comparable, baseball, slang, 1800s) Tagged out.
  • adj. (not comparable) Full and complete.
  • adj. (not comparable) Exact.
  • adj. Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).
  • adj. (informal) (Certain to be) in big trouble.
  • adj. Constructed so as not to transmit sound; soundless.
  • adj. (obsolete) Bringing death; deadly.
  • adj. (law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.
  • adv. (degree) Exactly right.
  • adv. (degree) Very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly.
  • adv. As if dead.
  • n. (uncountable, singular only, often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
  • n. (plural, with "the") Those who have died.
  • v. (transitive) To prevent by disabling; stop.
  • v. (transitive) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
  • v. (Britain, transitive, slang) To kill.

defunct

  • adj. (now rare) Deceased, dead.
  • adj. No longer in use, inactive.
  • adj. (computing) Specifically, of a program: that has terminated but is still shown in the list of processes…
  • adj. (business) No longer in business or service.
  • adj. (linguistics) (of a language) No longer spoken.
  • v. To make defunct.
  • n. The dead person (referred to).

down

  • n. (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland.
  • n. (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
  • n. (Britain, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered…
  • n. (slang, rare, countable) A penis.
  • adv. (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
  • adv. (comparable) At a lower and/or further along or away place or position along a set path.
  • adv. South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
  • adv. (Ireland) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North).
  • adv. Into a state of non-operation.
  • adv. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
  • adv. (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
  • adv. (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
  • adv. (Britain, academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
  • adv. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
  • adv. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence.
  • adv. From less to greater detail.
  • adv. (intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb.
  • adv. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather…
  • prep. From the higher end to the lower of.
  • prep. From one end to another of.
  • adj. Depressed, feeling low.
  • adj. At a lower level than before.
  • adj. Having a lower score than an opponent.
  • adj. (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
  • adj. (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to.
  • adj. (not comparable, US, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of.
  • adj. (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
  • adj. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled…
  • adj. (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed.
  • adj. (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down,…
  • adj. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.).
  • adj. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
  • v. (transitive) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid…
  • v. (transitive) To cause to come down; to knock down or subdue.
  • v. (transitive, pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball.
  • v. (transitive, American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while…
  • v. (transitive) To write off; to make fun of.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go down; to descend.
  • n. A negative aspect; a downer.
  • n. (dated) A grudge (on someone).
  • n. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
  • n. (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle…
  • n. (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
  • n. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
  • n. Down payment.
  • n. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping…
  • n. (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as…
  • n. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
  • n. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
  • v. (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

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