inoperable

[ in-op-er-uh-buhl, -op-ruh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. not operable or practicable.

  2. Medicine/Medical. not admitting of a surgical operation because the pathological condition is not amenable to cure by surgery or because of undue risk.: Compare operable (def. 1).

Origin of inoperable

1
First recorded in 1885–90; in-3 + operable

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British Dictionary definitions for inoperable

inoperable

/ (ɪnˈɒpərəbəl, -ˈɒprə-) /


adjective
  1. incapable of being implemented or operated; unworkable

  2. surgery not suitable for operation without risk, esp (of a malignant tumour) because metastasis has rendered surgery useless

Derived forms of inoperable

  • inoperability or inoperableness, noun
  • inoperably, adverb

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