Inoperable

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inoperable
       adj 1: not able to perform its normal function [syn: {unusable}]
       2: not suitable for surgery; "metastasis has rendered the tumor
          inoperable" [ant: {operable}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "inoperable":
     beyond one, beyond recall, beyond remedy, cureless, functionless,
     gone, immedicable, impracticable, impractical, in disrepair,
     inapplicable, incorrigible, incurable, inoperative, insuperable,
     insurmountable, irreclaimable, irrecoverable, irredeemable,
     irreformable, irremediable, irreparable, irretrievable,
     irreversible, irrevocable, lost, nonfunctional, nonutilitarian,
     otiose, out of order, out of whack, past hope, past praying for,
     remediless, ruined, terminal, too much for, unachievable,
     unattainable, uncompassable, unconducive, undoable, undone,
     uneffectible, unemployable, unfit, unhelpful, unmitigable,
     unnegotiable, unperformable, unrealizable, unrelievable,
     unsalvable, unsalvageable, unsuitable, unsurmountable, unusable,
     unworkable