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say it: in-AH-pur-uh-tiv
inoperative is an adjective meaning "not working or taking effect". It is pronounced /ˌɪˈnɑpɚətɪv/ — in-AH-pur-uh-tiv. It carries one recorded sense.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for inoperative come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.