Sentence examples similar to an inoperative device from inspiring English sources

Unknown to the children, an inoperative.38-caliber handgun was concealed in a cabinet drawer.

A. Michael Finder, a Manhattan real estate lawyer, said it was not likely that a seller could be held responsible for an inoperative dishwasher after the closing.

Hadley held that the damages arising from an inoperative mill were not foreseeable results of delayed shipment of a shaft, without specific notice.

Diagnostic tests at Mountain Home revealed that the aircraft had an inoperative radio, inoperative transponder, oxygen system leak, and a degraded radar system.

Other issues like a disruptive passenger or an inoperative television screen might provide justification for reshuffling passengers on-board.

Lt. Phillips, the pilot, received permission to fly the F-4B with an inoperative transponder from his superiors.

The problems included an inoperative fire alarm system, some broken smoke detectors and defective fire doors, along with plumbing stoppages and broken window screens, building records show.

Pre-flight inspection discovered an inoperative fuel transfer pump in the 625 usgal aft bomb bay fuel tank, but a decision was made to continue anyway.

Is it not just an inoperative process and merely a formality?

One study of an isolated influenza outbreak onboard a commercial airliner suggested that an inoperative ventilation system was the cause of the high attack rate (35).

"It's an activation device".