0 If a tumour (= a growth) or other medical condition is inoperable, doctors are unable to remove or treat it with an operation. --
1 If a system, plan, machine, etc. is inoperable, it cannot be done or made to work. --
2 (of an illness, esp. cancer) that doctors are unable to treat or remove by an operation --
3 not able to be done or made to work: --
Most of the machines were inoperable.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.