nonoperational
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The car was nonoperational and not under his name, but was left in his care.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
But, said Kivu’s Swanson, a “lot of times the networks are nonoperational — completely fried. The bad guys will come in and delete the backups or encrypt them.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2021
Banks continued to limit growth in their balance sheets by allowing wholesale liabilities to mature and encouraging customers to shift some nonoperational deposits to money market funds.
From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2021
He said the agents had been reassigned to “nonsupervisory, nonoperational duties.”
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2015
The computers had taken on water and were nonoperational.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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