Associations to the word «Inoperable»

Wiktionary

INOPERABLE, adjective. Incapable of being successfully surgically operated on.
INOPERABLE, adjective. Incapable of correct operation or function; inoperative.

Dictionary definition

INOPERABLE, adjective. Not able to perform its normal function.
INOPERABLE, adjective. Not suitable for surgery; "metastasis has rendered the tumor inoperable".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats