Sentence examples for been inoperable from inspiring English sources
adjective
Incapable of being successfully surgically operated on.
The sprinkler system has been inoperable since the collapse of the adjacent World Trade Center damaged the tower.
Then, officials said, he submitted phony receipts to the Department of Finance indicating that the vehicles had been inoperable when they were ticketed and could not be moved.
That decision would depend on a number of factors, including the amount of time the elevator has been inoperable and an assessment of the owner's efforts to minimize the problem for tenants.
Other Hubble renovations include the installation of a new cooling system on an infrared instrument that has been inoperable since 1999 because of a coolant leak, and replacement of the main power switching controller, which has been degrading after almost 12 years in space.
He denied that phones had been inoperable or that attorneys are unable to schedule calls with their clients.
They found serious malfunctions in the system including some alarm systems, cameras and sensors that had been inoperable for nine months.
The weapons were inoperable.
The cancer was inoperable.
The cancers were inoperable.
