Dictionary

inoperancy en · NOUN

Etymology

From in- + operant + -cy.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The quality of being inoperant or inoperative, of lacking the power to be effective or effectual.
   • Inoperancy of the world of spirit 1935, T.S. Eliot, “Burnt Norton”, in Four Quartets:

Relateds

inefficiency · incapacity · inefficacy

Synonyms

inoperativeness · ineffectiveness · ineffectuality · ineffectualness

Translations (7)

pl nieczynność (quality of being inoperant) · bg безсилие (quality of being inoperant) · pl bezwładność (quality of being inoperant) · fr inopérance (quality of being inoperant) · pl nieważność (quality of being inoperant) · pl niesprawność (quality of being inoperant) · pl niedziałanie (quality of being inoperant)