inoperative

Word parts

in- + operative

Adjective

Positive inoperative

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. When something is inoperative, it is not working or not functioning, usually because it is idle or has broken down.
2. (law) Something that is not in effect.

   This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States.