Another concept, this one from Virginia-based Raytheon BBN Technologies, would use a balloon-lofted, high-altitude air gun to change the course of potentially dangerous orbital junk, such as inoperative satellites.
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Inoperative
//ɪnˈɒp(ə)ɹətɪv//
Synonyms for "inoperative" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
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Antonyms
1 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- бездеен adj (not working or functioning)
- недействащ adj (not working or functioning)
Catalan
1 entries- inoperant adj (not working or functioning)
Esperanto
2 entries- nefunkcianta adj (not working or functioning)
- nefunkciantaj adj (not working or functioning)
Finnish
4 entries- epäkunnossa adj (not working or functioning)
- kumottu adj (no longer legally binding)
- käyttämätön adj (not working or functioning)
- käyttökelvoton adj (not working or functioning)
French
1 entries- inopérant adj (not working or functioning)
German
1 entries- defekt adj (not working or functioning)
Latin
1 entries- inoperāns adj (not working or functioning)
Manx
1 entries- neuobbragh adj (not working or functioning)
Portuguese
1 entries- inoperante adj (not working or functioning)
Russian
4 entries- не име́ющий си́лы adj (no longer legally binding)
- неде́йствующий adj (not working or functioning)
- неде́йствующий adj (no longer legally binding)
- недействи́тельный adj (no longer legally binding)
Spanish
1 entries- inoperante adj (not working or functioning)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Let me see if I can dial this number right quick / "I am sorry, the government you have elected is inoperative / Click. Inoperative"
Source: wiktionary
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".
Source: wiktionary
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