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
The fighter jets on the air base, which are stored inside concrete hangars, escaped harm, but three other aircraft described as nonoperational were damaged.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2023
"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
The computers had taken on water and were nonoperational.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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