nonoperational

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Recent Examples of nonoperational The county denied that any polling locations were nonoperational, acknowledged issues, but claimed most were resolved by 11:30 a.m. Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024 Previously, the drones only flew during nonoperational hours. Emma Roth, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2024 Historically, nations at war have tended to attack nonoperational reactors rather than live ones because of radiation concerns. Bennett Ramberg, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2017 Following the tour, the Medicare billing privileges for 46 nonoperational hospices were revoked. Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 25 Jan. 2024 Those cost estimates do not reflect a total restoration of the indoor pools, which have been nonoperational for several years. Beth Mlady, cleveland, 12 May 2022 There's no evidence the hospital was a nonoperational facility used by Azov fighters for military purposes, as social media posts and Russian officials have claimed. Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2022 Also on Friday in Maryland, Brandon Fitzgerald-Holley pleaded guilty to using a nonoperational nonprofit to obtain coronavirus relief funds. Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2021 The inspector-general report determined the EPA has failed to adequately monitor about half of the country’s nonoperational hazardous-waste storage sites, known as Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs). Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonoperational
Adjective
  • Perhaps most notably, both sides deploy decoy vehicles—either inoperative derelicts or inflatable fakes—to draw enemy fire away from real vehicles.
    David Axe, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In wartime, however, the calculus changes, because most of the costs are inoperative.
    William C. Wohlforth, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
Adjective
  • Photo: Max Burkhalter The Brooklyn home of designer Ellen Van Dusen shows that even a nonfunctional fireplace can be on fire, figuratively speaking.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The shop has been closed since at least 2022 and the roasting business now appears dormant, its website nonfunctional.
    Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Drivers say their contract issues center on pay as well as safety issues, including nonfunctioning heaters, loudspeakers and windshield wipers.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2023
  • In 2020, the state of Virginia passed some bills limiting pretextual traffic stops—for example, when police spot nonfunctioning brake or tail lights or hear an overly loud exhaust system.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 30 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Both Steph Curry and Draymond Green are expected to play against the Timberwolves on Friday at the Chase Center after each were inactive in Thursday night’s upset over the Rockets.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Philadelphia wide receiver DeVonta Smith was inactive and missed his second straight game with a hamstring injury.
    Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • In many cases, similar or better results can be achieved using options including multidisciplinary care that includes an expert nonoperative physician, physical therapy and lifestyle interventions.
    Greg Licholai, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Another call came in about the handrail, then a call about an emergency-exit gate at Fort Hamilton Parkway with a nonoperative magnet.
    Andy Newman, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020
Adjective
  • At the hospital, Maggie unknowingly leaves a trail of blood after cutting her hand on broken glass.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The broken glass and defaced portraits of the now fugitive president crunching under our feet.
    James Longman, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Debt and other nonoperating municipal costs would rise from $24.6 million to $26.5 million.
    Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Our research, published in the Journal of Finance, shows that in 2012 these corporations managed a combined portfolio of $1.6 trillion of nonoperating financial assets.
    Thomas Gilbert and, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018

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“Nonoperational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonoperational. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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