unoperative

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ operative.

Adjective

unoperative (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete form of inoperative.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
      an idle unoperative Complacency