Betekenis van inoperative In het Nederlands

• 0 (of a law, rule, etc.) not having effect or power, or (of a machine, system, etc.) not working or not able to work as usual:

  • The old regulations became inoperative when the new ones were issued.

  • There were guidelines about the procedure to follow if any of the voting machines became inoperative.

• 1 if a law or rule is inoperative, it does not have any effect and cannot be used:

  • Legislation to repeal inoperative provisions in the tax law was approved.

• 2 if a machine, system, etc. is inoperative, it does not work as it should and cannot be used:

  • make/render sth inoperative The virus infects your PC and renders the whole operating system inoperative.