Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-OP'ER-A-TIVE
IN-OP-ER-A'TIONIN-OP-POR-TUNE'
IN-OP'ER-A-TIVE, a. [in and operative.]
Not operative; not active; having no operation; producing no effect; as, laws rendered inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies.
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