unoperating en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + operating.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not in operation.
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.
1971, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Hearings, page 840: