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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. not working or taking effect;
- Example: "an inoperative law"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inoperative \In*op"er*a*tive\, a. [Pref. in- not + operative.]
   Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws
   renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or
   processes. Inopercular


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inoperative
    adj 1: not working or taking effect; "an inoperative law" [ant:
           operative]