nonoperational

Examples

• All

• The baseboards were lined with the couple of thousand LPs Alvin had collected, though his snazzy vertical turntable was nonoperational for some obscure high-tech reason.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Radio's nonoperational.

  Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)

• For example, creation stories may be primarily eliminative, as when a promiscuous creator begins by populating the cosmos with all conceivable forms and then grants nature the task of weeding out the malformed and the nonoperational.

  Academic text (2000)

• The old elevator is nonoperational and needs to be fixed before it can be used again.

• The nonoperational fountain in the park has been neglected for years, with no plans for repair.

Synonyms

U

unusable

vsnonoperational

16 2.3

Damaged or broken so it does not work

describes being not in use or functioning rather than being wholly unsuitable

O

out of service

vsnonoperational

15 3.5

Not working or available to use, often for a short time

covers lack of function without implying temporary status

I

inoperative

vsnonoperational

9 5.5

Not working or not having any effect

covers general lack of function rather than legal validity or force

I

inoperable

vsnonoperational

7 7.1

You cannot use it because it does not work

describes being not in use rather than being incapable of functioning

N

nonfunctional

vsnonoperational

3 4.4

Not working or broken

focuses on being not in use rather than being broken or useless

N

nonfunctioning

vsnonoperational

1 3.9

Not working and so not doing its job

emphasizes not being in use rather than failing to perform properly

U

unserviceable

vsnonoperational

1 7.4

Cannot be used because it is broken or damaged

is about being out of use rather than being permanently unfit

N

nonworking

vsnonoperational

3.9

Not operating or being used

has identical meaning but is an alternative adjective form

U

unworking

vsnonoperational

5.9

Broken or not in use

has identical meaning but appears as another simple adjective

N

nonoperative

vsnonoperational

• Specialized

6.5

Not working or not treated by surgery

refers generally to being not in use rather than surgical exclusion

N

non-operating

vsnonoperational

4.9

Not working now or not part of the main business activities

is the broader term for not working beyond business activity

N

nonactive

vsnonoperational

3.7

Is not working or taking part now

is the general phrase for not working rather than the inactive participation focus

U

unfunctional

vsnonoperational

8.2

Not useful for everyday tasks

emphasizes not being in use or working rather than unsuitable design

Antonyms

O

operational

102 4.1

Working and ready to use, for example machines or systems

How Operational

operational

102 4.1

functional

81 3.2

inactive

11 2.5

nonoperational

1 4.6

inoperable

7 7.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology