nonoperational
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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A California law passed in 2023, Senate Bill X1-2, also prohibits refineries from passing along nonoperational costs — such as the Superfund fee — to consumers, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
"The North paraded these nonoperational systems to portray a larger, more capable missile force than it possesses and to mitigate the risk of damage to its real missiles," the document said.
From Reuters ● Apr. 11, 2023
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
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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