inoperable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=op=er=a=ble

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inoperable, adj.
1 Surgery that cannot suitably be operated on (inoperable cancer).
2 that cannot be operated; inoperative.

Derivative

inoperability n. inoperably adv.

Etymology

F inop{eacute}rable (as IN-(1), OPERABLE)

THESAURUS

inoperable

beyond one, beyond recall, beyond remedy, cureless, functionless, gone, immedicable, impracticable, impractical, in disrepair, inapplicable, incorrigible, incurable, inoperative, insuperable, insurmountable, irreclaimable, irrecoverable, irredeemable, irreformable, irremediable, irreparable, irretrievable, irreversible, irrevocable, lost, nonfunctional, nonutilitarian, otiose, out of order, out of whack, past hope, past praying for, remediless, ruined, terminal, too much for, unachievable, unattainable, uncompassable, unconducive, undoable, undone, uneffectible, unemployable, unfit, unhelpful, unmitigable, unnegotiable, unperformable, unrealizable, unrelievable, unsalvable, unsalvageable, unsuitable, unsurmountable, unusable, unworkable