inoperative

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English operative English inoperative From in- + operative.

1. Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.

   “Let me see if I can dial this number right quick / "I am sorry, the government you have elected is inoperative / Click. Inoperative"”

   “RSSB's report, released on September 23 2004, revealed that that the parking brakes on neither trolley had applied. It also revealed how the fixed piping carrying hydraulic pressure to the brake units on both had been severed and blanked off. This meant the parking brakes would not have been able to be released from the RRV. Washers to provide a clamping force to keep the parking brakes on were also missing, rendering them "completely inoperative".”

2. No longer legally binding.