unoperating

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ operating.

Adjective

unoperating (not comparable)

1. Not in operation.
   • 1971, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Hearings, page 840:

     They were lured inside the "playhouse" with their favorite animated cartoons. Then the door was shut, ending the movie and leaving the child in the silent, black confinement of a simulated, unoperating refrigerator. The results were sometimes ominous. Many of the 2- and 3-year-old children made no escape attempt at all.