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.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.