| 单词 | inoperative |
| 例句 | His recently increased weight and the bloating caused by the inoperative valve made any position other than standing or lying down somewhat awkward. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, there are others on the island,” said Roz, “but they are inoperative.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A cultivator, a stripped tractor, a horsetrailer with no side panels and no tires, and other inoperative farm machinery lay about. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “For a robot, being inoperative is like being dead.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps previously, I had awakened only at night; or perhaps in my distraction, my sight as well as my other faculties had been rendered inoperative. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Last week she took off for Mexico, where her cellphone was blissfully inoperative. Liz Tigelaar Survives Renewal of ?Life Unexpected? 2010-05-22T00:14:00Z This show occupies a dreamscape where the judgments and classifications of the waking mind are inoperative, and where the single self keeps splitting and blurring. Theater Review: ‘Then She Fell’ at Greenpoint Hospital in Brooklyn 2012-11-30T23:50:54Z Moreover, the plans are inoperative in certain countries because of statutory issues and difficult driving conditions; Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica and Mexico often make the list. Practical Traveler: When Renting Cars Abroad, It?s Renter Beware 2010-08-31T19:40:00Z “It doesn’t help anyone when reporters have to assume that what the White House tells us may not be true or that a White House statement will prove inoperative just days or even hours later.” Scoop. Denial. Scoop confirmed. That’s business as usual for writers covering the Trump White House. 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Collages, sculptures and prints commemorate Pripyat, the Ukrainian city that was built to house the workers at the ill-fated Chernobyl nuclear plant, while a new commission documents the inoperative nuclear plant in San Onofre. Datebook: Artist comedy, a Chinatown bar rebuilt and everything Nagel 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the inoperative GOP House majority has been called a "clown show" and dysfunctional by some of its own members. With shutdown looming, GOP's comic-book villains push America to the abyss 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z More than 30 officers were killed from January to June, and more than 400 police facilities are inoperative because of criminal attacks, according to Human Rights Watch. Rights group urges rapid international intervention to end spiraling gang violence in Haiti 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Twitter's legal page was inoperative, which delayed the government from serving Twitter through its website until two days later, according to the documents. Experts: Trump's Twitter account may be key "part of the puzzle" for Jack Smith to "prove intent" 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Defeat devices circumvent or render inoperative government-mandated emissions control mechanisms in a vehicle, in this case, a truck. California truck parts company pleads guilty to making and selling emissions ‘defeat devices’ 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska region chief, told Alaska Public Media the apparent strike of a large snag, or dead tree, made the plane’s left horizontal stabilizer inoperative. Small plane that crashed in rural Alaska, killing 2, apparently struck tree, official says 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The congressman said he assumed the devices were likely inoperative given the timers used. Jan. 6 pipe bombs at RNC, DNC were inoperable, says ex-agent who contradicts FBI’s official story 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Zhurong joins a number of other Mars robots that are now inoperative, including NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which sputtered out after six years and 77 days and 14 years and 138 days, respectively. These are the oldest space probes that are still operational 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it’s investigating whether inoperative door locks and windows can prevent people from getting out of the SUVs during an emergency. US probes complaint that woman was trapped in flaming SUV 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z FAA policy has long allowed airlines up to three days leeway during which they can continue to fly a plane with an inoperative system. Unlike other airlines, FAA won’t let Horizon fly without anti-collision system 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The Associated Press quoted Clint Johnson with the National Transportation Safety Board as saying the plane struck a tree, rendering its vertical stabilizer inoperative. Small plane that crashed in rural Alaska, killing 2, apparently struck tree, official says 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The old argument that these tanks are beyond Ukraine’s capabilities to operate is now inoperative. What will be Biden’s legacy? 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The government said it would warn drivers to “limit their movements as much as possible” because traffic lights could be “inoperative.” Advice for Europeans: Bundle Up and Get Ready for Outages 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z That alone will be a huge project: removing asbestos and other hazardous materials, upgrading electrical and water systems, installing air conditioning and fire sprinklers, restoring inoperative elevators and building seismic shear walls. General Hospital: Planning a new life for a mothballed L.A. landmark 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z The automobile maker said that the inoperative windshield wipers on the 2021-2022 models can reduce visibility in certain conditions, which could increase the risk of a crash. Ford recalling some F-150 vehicles due to wiper motor 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Operation Barkhane has been inoperative since February, when France announced its military withdrawal from Mali. France calls time on anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane in Sahel 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z With its six reactors inoperative, the plant relies on outside electricity to cool its spent fuel. Ukraine: Russian shelling damaged nuclear plant power lines 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z By mandating an early-voting period, the challengers argued, the amendment would render that provision “inoperative.” Group Seeks to Block Abortion Vote in Michigan, Citing Typography 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The columnist proposed that June 17 be declared national Watergate Day to mark the break-in: “Americans would memorialize this historic event by tapping telephones, spying on their neighbors, using aliases and making inoperative statements.” Watergate scandal ushered in a golden age of comedy 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The bill’s final version created two territories, Kansas and Nebraska, and declared the Missouri Compromise “inoperative and void.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Pentagon officials believed that recent strikes there aimed to render those airfields inoperative, but it was unclear how effective they had been. Russian Airstrike at NATO’s Doorstep Raises Fears of Expanded War 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z A phone message couldn’t be left at a listing for Lukoil Americas Corp. in New York, and the corresponding website appeared to be inoperative. Local Lukoil gas stations feel sting of Russia backlash 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z But why would anyone want an inoperative power plant surrounded by miles of radioactive land? Explainer: Why Russia and Ukraine are fighting for Chernobyl disaster site 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z It involved what the Nixon White House called a “third rate” burglary, “inoperative statements,” a political coverup and secret presidential recordings that provided plenty of fodder for political satire. Watergate scandal ushered in a golden age of comedy 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z He said the response did not address why Boeing failed to tell the FAA or its customers about the inoperative alert. Lawmakers demand fresh investigation into FAA decision not to penalize Boeing for MAX failures 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z "La Palma airport is inoperative due to ash accumulation. Cleaning tasks have started, but the situation may change at any time," it tweeted. Red hot lava spews from La Palma volcano as eruption intensifies 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z WSU’s methodical approach wasn’t inoperative, but there was a certain offensive flow missing that the Cougars found Saturday. WSU football team looks comfortable in up-tempo offense during win over Portland State 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z It would’ve worked, Santa Rosa said, but only one facility materialized — and remains inoperative to this day. Five years on, Rio de Janeiro chases elusive Olympics legacy 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z The voluminous underbrush in an inoperative eucalyptus plantation quickly allowed the fire to swell in size, stunning residents of the village, which has a few hundred residents. How Bad Are U.S. Wildfires? Even Hawaii Is Battling a Surge. 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z The FAA said the alert’s being inoperative meant it was not in conformance with the design certificate, which the FAA issues to approve a plane to safely fly passengers. Lawmakers demand fresh investigation into FAA decision not to penalize Boeing for MAX failures 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z “I had learned long ago the maxims of Cicero that ‘laws are inoperative in war’ and that ‘the good of the people is the chief law.’ G. Gordon Liddy, undercover operative convicted in Watergate scandal, dies at 90 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z In the past 12 months, Burgess said, “a significant number” of foreign spies and their proxies had either been removed from Australia or rendered inoperative. Asio boss says spy agency will dump terms 'rightwing extremism' and 'Islamic extremism' 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z GM decided against recalling vehicles after the internal probe found it inconclusive as to whether electronic stability control was inoperative at the time of Buchanan’s crash, according to employee testimony reviewed by Reuters. Special Report: Suit over deadly crash renews spotlight on GM safety practices 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Efforts to reach Gieswein and relatives, including people associated with his addresses and inoperative Web domains he registered in 2019, such as rockymountainoathkeepers.com and woodlandwilddogs.com, were unsuccessful. FBI probes possible connections between extremist groups at heart of Capitol violence 2021-01-17T05:00:00Z Lackland was an “aging, outdated facility,” where 12 of 32 closed-circuit television cameras at the jail were inoperative at the time of Brice’s death, the report said. Probe: Multiple failures at jail where airman killed himself 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z That the argument is pitched at this level alone renders inoperative 95% of the arguments made for why Plan B allegedly could never work. Are you sure Trump's plan to steal the election has failed? You shouldn't be 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z He said it would be “deeply problematic” for the states and the nation if plaintiffs “were allowed to leverage this single inoperative provision to tear down hundreds of other provisions” that Congress left in place. Supreme Court appears ready to uphold Affordable Care Act over latest challenge from Trump, GOP 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z The fire that rendered the ship inoperative began on July 12 while it was pierside at a Navy base in San Diego. Sailor Questioned in Suspected Arson Aboard Navy Warship 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z In a potentially massive breakthrough for a number of scientific disciplines, a team of scientists report they were able to perform the first gene knockout in a cephalopod — that is, rendering a specific gene inoperative. Scientists perform the first gene knockout in a cephalopod 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z Investors grasp that the traditional crisis response — central banks dropping interest rates — is effectively inoperative. Markets Plunge. Economies Stall. Panic Spreads. It All Feels Very 2008. 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z A western section of the fault passes directly under the runway, and a quake would render it temporarily inoperative. San Diego faces critical earthquake danger from fault long believed to be inactive 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z “They are not rendered inoperative by the fact that you filed an appeal.” Conservatives seek immediate purge of voters in Wisconsin 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z But his own words to Zelensky — “I would like you to do us a favor though” — made that defense, to use a Watergate-era term, inoperative. Opinion | For Trump, incompetent bribery is still bribery 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Daleville Superintendent Paul Garrison says the online schools “are functionally inoperative” as their teachers are no longer being paid. 2 Indiana online schools in enrollment dispute lose charters 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z The one-time pizza delivery man faced a mandatory decade in prison after pleading guilty to explosives charges on March 22 for mailing 16 inoperative pipe bombs days before the midterm elections last fall. Robert De Niro blasts 'fool' Cesar Sayoc over 20-year sentence for 'MAGA bombs' 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The onetime pizza delivery man faced a mandatory decade in prison after pleading guilty to explosives charges on March 22 for mailing 16 inoperative pipe bombs days before the midterm elections last fall. Pipe bomb mailer Cesar Sayoc sentenced to 20 years behind bars 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Chiu’s office said the bill would not prevent cities from enacting their own laws to address abandoned, wrecked or inoperative vehicles. Towing a car can be financially ruinous. Should California cities do it anyway? 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z A landing feature was "inoperative" on a passenger plane that slid off a runway in the US state of Florida on Friday, investigators have said. Landing feature failed on Florida plane 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z The city’s airport operator tweeted that flights headed for Schoenefeld were being diverted because of an “inoperative aircraft” on the runway. German government plane blocks runway at Berlin airport 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z “The solution offered by the U.N. is an inoperative and fundamentally flawed trust fund, which will neither provide justice nor the necessary elements of an effective remedy for the victims,” he said. U.N. Is Rebuked by Own Expert for Neglecting Kosovo Poisoning Victims 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Tuncak said he is “deeply disappointed by the inertia surrounding this case, and that the solution offered by the U.N. is an inoperative and fundamentally flawed trust fund.” Expert urges UN remedies for lead poisoning victims 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z But, to use Watergate lingo, that denial became “inoperative” this week with a new bombshell report from the Times. Trump is a national security risk – and still Republicans back him | Walter Shapiro 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z "The aircraft had been in maintenance and the maintenance log noted that the left hand thrust reverser was inoperative," Bruce Landsberg, vice-chairman of the US National Transportation Safety Board, told a press conference on Sunday. Landing feature failed on Florida plane 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z He said the property owner was issued three violations: failure to properly maintain; damaged hoistway door and defective hoist motor; and communications device inoperative, machine brake maintenance tag missing, and other defects. NYC building where woman trapped for 3 days had broken elevator 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Key government services including air travel security and nutritional assistance are inoperative or facing mounting problems. Donald Trump expected to outline shutdown deal offer in address to nation 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z A poker-faced Mr. Lighthizer broke the news to his Mexican and Canadian counterparts by declaring the proposal was inoperative, one of the officials said. As China Talks Begin, Trump’s Trade Negotiator Tries to Keep President From Wavering 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z “An EMP attack affects all devices with solid-state electronics and could render inoperative the main grid and backup power systems, such as on-site generators.” Electromagnetic pulse threat rises, Air Force report says 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z They say Gilbert-based Vivid Distributing violated the Clean Air Act by allegedly installing, manufacturing and selling defeat devices, which bypass or render inoperative required emissions control systems. Arizona auto parts maker fined $200K over pollution devices 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Failure to perform this step will result in an inoperative system and an incomplete repair. Apple confirms its T2 security chip blocks some third-party repairs of new Macs 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Investigators determined the suspect vehicle was a yellow sport utility vehicle with a business logo on the front door, a black roof rack and an inoperative right headlight. Anchorage police arrest suspect in fatal hit-and-run crash 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z The inspection of the limousine that crashed turned up several violations at the time, including anti-lock brake malfunction indicators and inoperative or defective windshield wipers. Limo in deadly New York crash failed inspection: Governor 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z That’s why numerous engineers like Goff have proposed alternative ways to clean up inoperative spacecraft and push these vehicles out of orbit. As satellite constellations grow larger, NASA is worried about orbital debris 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Even inoperative, the plant employs more than one in 10 residents in Rokkasho and accounts for more than half the town’s tax revenues. Japan Has Enough Nuclear Material to Build an Arsenal. Its Plan: Recycle. 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z The suit said it had been “obtained through fraud, and was therefore void and inoperative.” Roy Moore Sues Sacha Baron Cohen and Showtime, Seeking $95 Million 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z In hospitals across the country, medical equipment is antiquated, inoperative or nonexistent. A Yemeni toddler fought for his life in a hospital while adults battled each other 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Miyamura ordered the squad to withdraw while he stayed behind to render the gun inoperative. 3 Medal of Honor recipients visit University of Arkansas 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z But they are linked by the principal actors’ convictions that the usual political rules have become inoperative and that they can somehow survive the storm of outrage. Opinion | Why Scott Pruitt and Eric Greitens are still around 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z On 6 March 2018, Daniels filed a lawsuit against Trump claiming that her non-disclosure agreement is inoperative because Trump never signed it. The Seth Rich lawsuit matters more than the Stormy Daniels case | Jill Abramson 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z These gizmos would be launched from the eel vessels in large groups, and could be directed to block uptakes and intakes on enemy craft, rendering them inoperative. Royal Navy submarines of the future conceptualised - BBC News 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z There’s also the metastasizing Russia scandal, which keeps rendering previous Trump White House statements inoperative, as Richard Nixon press secretary Ron Ziegler used to say. Opinion | So that’s why Sarah Huckabee Sanders wants the cameras off 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z What the White House failed to admit, even as it confirmed the substance of the returns, was that its old arguments about the tax returns are now inoperative. This tax leak is a start – now let’s see the rest of Trump’s finances | Richard Wolff 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z But this denial became inoperative Thursday, when a spokesman said Flynn “indicated that while he had no recollection of discussing sanctions, he couldn’t be certain that the topic never came up.” Opinion | When it comes to his contacts with Russia, Michael Flynn has bigger problems than the Logan Act 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z It was at a White House briefing that Press Secretary Ron Ziegler on April 17, 1973 was forced to backtrack on months of Watergate evasions and declare his previous statements “inoperative.” Opinion | Five myths about the White House press corps 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z As Ron Ziegler said of his own words the previous days, "THIS is the operative statement. The others are inoperative." A Letter to Donald Trump About Health Care 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Samsung was forced to hobble it before rendering it inoperative with a software update. Exploding phones and Snapchat clones: the biggest tech letdowns of 2016 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The normal pattern, to use a word from the Watergate era, is inoperative. Trump Can’t Break the Republican Party 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Driver control defects included inoperative switches, shades, mirrors, windshield washers, and other defective equipment controlled by the driver. Multiple critical safety defects found on D.C. Circulator buses, audit says 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z For instance, they aimed to keep important servers inoperative by remotely disconnecting their "uninterruptable power supplies," which would normally keep the computers running even in a blackout. Investigation finds that December hack on Ukrainian power grid was coordinated, highly sophisticated 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z In Washington, the Senate approved two GOP-sponsored resolutions disapproving of Obama’s plan to force steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants and rendering the rules inoperative. Obama Urges Business Leaders to Join the Climate Change Fight 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z In Washington, the Senate approved two GOP-sponsored resolutions disapproving of Obama's plan to force steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants and rendering the rules inoperative. Courting big business in Asia, Obama presses for action to finish global climate pact 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z No such arrangements exist for inoperative hard-rock mines, which is a national problem, the report noted. EPA faulted for 3 million-gallon spill of wastewater from gold mine 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Congress, the place where differences should be addressed and hopefully resolved, is rendered inoperative by the issuance of non-negotiable demands. Today’s Republican Hardliners Aren’t ‘Conservatives’—They’re Revolutionaries 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The City of Atlantic City is fining Straub $5,000 a day for each day that fire detection and suppression systems are inoperative, which began the day ACR cut off power. New Revel owner doesn’t have 99 problems, just seems like it 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The list of problems also includes planes that lost their communications equipment, hydraulic leaks, engines that failed to deliver sufficient power, inoperative cockpit panel lights, and pressurization problems. Pilots at Allegiant Air Question Safety Standards 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Although these devices were designed to protect nurses and doctors, they also rendered the syringes inoperative after a single use. Why it took so long for the world to start using ‘smart,’ self-destructing syringes 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The Russians have sent modern T-80 tanks, whose armor cannot be penetrated by Ukraine's aging and largely inoperative anti-tank weapons, along with Grad rockets and other heavy weapons. A Two-Pronged Approach by U.S. to End Fighting in Ukraine 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The incident also showed how there is little respect for laws and regulations, and how they are appallingly applied in a society where institutional controls are frequently inefficient or even inoperative. Uber in India: Unaccountable and Unsafe What we do know is that when the two men entered it, the stairway was pitch black; a light meant to illuminate it had long been inoperative. In New York Public Housing, Policing Broken Lights 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z If Orman wins today, the “Harry Reid agenda” may well be inoperative by the time he gets to Washington. Partyism in the Kansas Senate Race 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z The Aurora facility is still inoperative because of that fire, which was set intentionally, the Chicago Tribune reported. Chicago flights grounded for second time in two weeks 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z It also rendered surplus and inoperative the statute’s many other uses of that phrase and similar phrases. The Fourth Circuit's Ruling In King v. Burwell Is Absurd And Should Be Set Aside 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z In Iraq the jihadists, assisted by other militant groups, forced a key pipeline delivering oil to Turkey to become inoperative in March after repeated attacks. The Jihadists Want a Petro State of Their Own, Too 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z General Motors is recalling about 105,500 vehicles in two actions — one because a warning chime is inoperative and the other because air bags may not deploy in a crash, the automaker said. General Motors Recalls 105,500 Vehicles 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Ted Wyka, chairman of a federal accident review board, said improperly placed or inoperative air monitors, a substandard ventilation system and mismanagement contributed to the February 14 leak of radioisotopes including plutonium. Radiation Leak at New Mexico Nuclear Site Was Mishandled, Investigator Says 2014-04-24T07:19:42Z The long list of violations committed by these carriers ranged from inoperative horns to cracked frames. Chinatown buses: Driving them out of business 2013-08-15T15:00:18Z False statements were dubbed "inoperative", much to the disbelief and amusement of the Washington press corps. 20 of your favourite euphemisms 2013-05-16T01:19:07Z The court said that because the SEC is no longer required to approve an exchange's filing for new fees before it becomes effective, its prior ruling is inoperative. Court rules in favor of NYSE, Nasdaq in NetCoalition case 2013-04-30T15:10:24Z To try to create one would create a loophole that would render the treaty inoperative, as anyone could claim that he or she was in the business of trading ‘civilian weapons.’ U.S., NRA square off over small-arms treaty 2013-03-16T21:42:56Z Guess away, but the development community seems all but inoperative. The Demise of Apple's Dashboard 2013-01-22T11:40:00Z A short may cause the power door lock and power window switches to function intermittently or become inoperative. GM recalls 249,260 midsize SUVs for possible fire hazard 2012-08-20T12:07:40Z Watergate link: Ron Ziegler was Nixon’s beleaguered press secretary, who once declared that previous statements he had made in his staunch defense of Nixon were “inoperative.” Keeping Score: Plumbers in the Outfield: Meet the All-Watergate Team 2012-06-16T18:57:49Z It was at least certain that exposition was notorious and avowed, and the law against it, if it existed, inoperative. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z The Archbishop of Ragusa was cognizant of this, and had paid no attention to it, so Giacopo transferred Bosnia to Kalocsa—a transfer, however, which was for the present inoperative. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z The House of Lords is, as a piece of political machinery, almost inoperative—as nearly as possible harmless. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Any declaration that they should have any other value would be inoperative in fact, and a monstrous disregard by congress of its constitutional duty. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z Thus a discovery, when it has been concealed from other nations, has never been recognised as a good title: it is an inoperative act. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z The explosives that the suspect allegedly sought to use in connection with the plot were rendered inoperative by law enforcement and posed no threat to the public.” Arrest Reported in Suicide-Bomb Plot 2012-02-17T19:34:09Z His instructions seem to take for granted the existence of an organized Inquisition with its fully developed code of procedure, but his description of the prevalence of Waldensianism would indicate that it was almost inoperative. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z The problem with that theory when applied to humans, however, is that the tiny VNO duct behind each of our nostrils is not always present, plus the genes for its receptors seem to be inoperative. Do Pheromones Play a Role in Our Sex Lives? 2012-02-13T18:45:00.233Z Under these conditions of curing, bacterial activity is inoperative, and these experiments are held to furnish an independent proof of the enzyme theory. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z In the early half of 1854 Senator Douglas drove through Congress a bill, creating the territory of Nebraska, which declared the Compromise prohibition of 1820 "inoperative and void." Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z In the modern world political dominion is playing a more and more effaced r�le as a factor in commerce; the non-political factors have in practice made it all but inoperative. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z This was well-intentioned legislation, but it seems to have remained wholly inoperative. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Laborious efforts had been made to hasten the issuance by the President of the Emancipation Proclamation, but he was determined not to be forced into premature and inoperative measures. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z There had been a secret armistice between the two states in the winter of 1741, by which Lower Silesia and Niesse had been ceded to Frederick, but this had soon proved inoperative. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z It is enough to show that it is practically inoperative as an inhibition. Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice 2011-12-24T03:08:02.973Z This edict was drawn up on a ratio of 10.83 as a basis, and, as might be reasonably expected from the different ratios ruling abroad at the time, it proved as inoperative as its predecessor. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z Pitt had been deliberate enough in approving the recommendations; but having done so, he had no intention that they should remain inoperative. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z When a number is reported stolen, the phone is rendered inoperative. How Carriers Could Thwart Mobile Phone Thieves, But Don't 2011-12-04T04:45:26Z It is worthy of note that with this independent double magneto system, one complete magneto can become inoperative, and still the motor will run and continue to give good power. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z Neither Dr. Parker nor Dr. Langford took notice that it was intended to furnish ethical guidance where Christianity, whatever might be its quality, or pretensions, or merit, was inoperative.* English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z Almost immediately, protestations were raised against this ordinance, especially by the Lower Westphalian Circle, and it remained quite inoperative. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z Yet such a remark would be wholly inoperative on the mind of every bigot whose judgment of evidence is always bribed by his prejudice. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z It was to be inoperative in any state, when restored to its constitutional relations with the Union. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z It also made inoperative all royal decrees unless the Captain-General chose to sanction them. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z It is in itself inoperative without the action or control of living forces which it seeks to express or repress. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z In such a case, where the ordinary tribunals become inoperative, we must of course have resort to secret tribunals. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z Importunity prevails even where the claims of friendship prove inoperative. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z It was quite clear to the committee, therefore, that the only acts, which by any possibility could be made applicable to the colonies, were inoperative in the Canadas. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z Such vague philosophic definitions, however, remained inoperative because of their very vagueness. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z But natural selection was shown to be inoperative in respect to individual varieties of patterns, and unable to exercise the slightest check upon their vagaries. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z They may be inoperative, so far as can be seen, for an entire century, and at its close break out in full vigor. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z For broken is here only another word for inoperative, and a law of nature that is inoperative is non-existent. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z The objections of this nature made in some instances by the Press have been inoperative where the people have been concerned. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z In 1691 Massachusetts, Plymouth, Maine, and Acadia were consolidated into the Province of Massachusetts Bay, but the immediate reconquest of Acadia by the French made the new charter inoperative in that region. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Plus, the two main reasons he's been in Congress -- to position himself for a mayoral bid and to be a cable news star -- are now inoperative. The four ways this can end for Anthony Weiner 2011-06-08T22:07:00Z In the immediate aftermath of Vinson’s ruling, officials from some of the states involved in the litigation, including Wisconsin and Alaska, said the act was inoperative in their states, though they are outside Vinson’s jurisdiction. Health-Care Law Must Stand, U.S. Says in Third Appeal Argument 2011-06-08T04:16:33Z The culprit might be an inoperative APU, and/or an insufficient or malfunctioning ground source. Airing grievances 2011-06-03T00:20:00Z But as one sense becomes inoperative another grows more alert, and in a moment his quick ears caught the sound of easy, regular breathing. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z Since the text was written, the Tenure of Office Act, which sought to restrict the President's removal from office, has been repealed; and even before its repeal it was, in fact, inoperative. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z During the whole winter Mr. Paris's mill was inoperative for the want of water. The Last Laird of MacNab An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada 2011-04-14T02:00:54.620Z "I am not so certain of that, sir; the license of an unfettered press will always make its decisions inoperative; it is 'the chartered libertine' the poet speaks of." The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z Such a rule must, however, be generally inoperative. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z But if they were all inert, inoperative, useless for this purpose, what could be the raison d'être of their diversified endowments and perfections? Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z As in other matters of legislation, so in finance, we have many masters acting under a very dim and inoperative accountability. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z With the inner convictions which jar against my credulity, you shall have no cause of complaint, Sir; they are, and they shall be, inoperative. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The “three-fifths clause” of the Constitution having become inoperative, the increased representation resulting from the freeing of the slaves necessitated a change. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z But moral truth, seldom lost sight of, is never misrepresented: evil is always described as being evil: the great moral rule, though often stated as inoperative, is always acknowledged as binding. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z Only when a person withdraws from the community, does the community law become inoperative with respect to him. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z That great law of compensation which reduces the inequalities of our lot, and makes Brown, Jones, and Robinson come out about even in the long run, is not inoperative here. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z The strike was made inoperative for the time being by the lockout of the employers. 30,000 Locked Out. The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago. 2011-02-16T03:00:39.173Z That its antagonistic influence was not inoperative is shown by the not infrequent perversions of cultured Christians to Paganism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Something was inoperative and couldn't be fixed or deferred in time, so they swapped aircraft. Just get us there, already! 2010-08-03T17:01:00Z Earlier in March it said "all high court orders are inoperative" until it had decided the case. Last resort? 2010-03-29T08:22:00Z Such promises are now in large part inoperative. 2010-01-07T18:20:00Z We have given repeated doses of powerful cathartics without producing any effect; and whenever the medicine is inoperative, death speedily follows. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Like the previous legislation, however, the act of 1872 was inoperative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" With this mental state may be compared the purely aesthetic contemplation of music, wherein apart from, say, a false note, the faculty of judgment is for the time inoperative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" But the increase of revenue was so small that some of these provisions remained for many years inoperative. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study When the handle Z is turned to the position X the quick-acting mechanism is rendered inoperative, and when it is at Y the brake on the vehicle concerned is wholly cut out of action. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" The first selector will have become inoperative before this second series of impulses is sent and, therefore, only the second selector will respond. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. The latter was impossible without papal concurrence, inoperative without the assistance of the European powers, and merely irritant without the adhesion of the Lutherans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Until these other Powers do give in their adhesion, our arrangements must necessarily be inoperative, as opium will be imported under the flag of Powers not parties to it. A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade How is it that the laws that govern material nature are so inoperative in ours, and that a heart that never felt can make another feel? Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) No matter what dispositions we may have, they are inoperative until the will commands; and according as the will dictates, so is our whole life. The Warfare of the Soul Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation Where the signature is forged or made without the authority of the person whose signature it purports to be it is wholly inoperative. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman In blind, barbaric reasoning, what more plausible than that to destroy the instrument would be to render inoperative the cause which set that instrument in motion? John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising This law, like sumptuary laws in general, proved wholly inoperative as far as the Chinese were concerned. A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade Existing portraits show how futile were these precautions, how inoperative these laws; arms were bared with impunity, with complacency, and the presentment of Governor Wentworth shows three slashes in the sleeves. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) Gasps of astonishment, of horror, of dismay, sounded to right and left; rustling of silk; hasty, inoperative coughs. Lady Cassandra Four large editions were printed from these cuts, and numerous copies, especially in Italy, where the Emperor’s edict was inoperative. Dürer Artist-Biographies With the consent of the Senate he could dissolve the Chamber, but this restriction made the privilege almost inoperative in practice. A History of the Third French Republic The Convention is inundating France with laws inoperative and often impracticable. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 But as no ecclesiastical courts have ever existed there, the law must be considered to have been inoperative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The insurance companies were vexed that they had neglected their proper business, others feared that it might undermine the poor law, others again took the pessimist's favourite line that it would be inoperative. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) All eclecticism that is not self-condemned and inoperative implies a system of doctrine as its basis,—in fact, a criterion of truth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" That which touches one will be inoperative upon another; and what violently affects one, will on a second, apparently of the same bulk, strength, age, and character, be actually powerless. The Dog It is asserted that the Acts of Secession, being unconstitutional, were inoperative and void. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 They seem, however, to have been systematically evaded, and to have been practically inoperative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" Laws which cannot be enforced at the point of the sword must in the nature of the case remain practically inoperative. Border Raids and Reivers Without the Power House, New York City and all its neighborhood would be inoperative, and cut off from the outside world. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 A mere assumption of terms; a dead, inoperative, uninfluencing notion, which he has taken up; not, I hope, with a view to deceive others, but by which he has grossly deceived himself. Coelebs In Search of a Wife The only things left, then, were the inoperative ideas of States. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 The Mediæval Church had devised a sacrament of penance to supplement and repair the alleged broken down and inoperative sacrament of baptism. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) Somehow, the signal wire had been bypassed, to keep the operators from knowing the drone control was inoperative. The Scarlet Lake Mystery Such rights may be inoperative under the decision in future; but I cannot well perceive how it can have the same effect in prior cases. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. Taxes of this kind tend to become inoperative, provided always that the latent resources for economical production really exist. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy Subscription may be thought even to be inoperative upon the conscience by reason of its vagueness. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford It is undoubtedly inoperative, simply because the church cannot carry it into execution; but it is still the law of the Roman church. Guy Fawkes or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605 Superintendent McKenney reported that all laws in the Indian country were inoperative—so much dead matter. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times It is generally thought—though there is no English decision—that, in conformity with this last rule, a revocation by telegraph of an acceptance already posted would be inoperative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" When our original disadvantage has been quite overcome, the duty becomes inoperative. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy It is intended for internal use only, being quite inoperative when injected into a vein. When Ghost Meets Ghost Any manual controls would be inoperative by the pilot in any case. What Need of Man? While the edict remained inoperative, he would do nothing at all, and let Agellius go on with his country occupations, which would keep him out of the way. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century But still evidence cannot be obtained, and the law is by reason of this inoperative. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 The duty on steel, if this is the case, has become inoperative, in the sense that it no longer acts to save from destruction the steel-making industry. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy The intellect is subdued, inhibition is inoperative, the instincts are given free play, and their movement is determined in turn by suggestions not unlike those with which a trained hypnotist influences his subject. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development So, when religious vitality is maintained in the heart, the corrupting influences of the world remain inoperative. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 When a light breeze moves the blades of an inoperative helicopter the blades not only turn, but they change their pitch and plane in a most random manner. The Four-Faced Visitors of Ezekiel Bishop Ellicott similarly observes that "history forces upon us the recognition of pious fraud as a principle which was by no means inoperative in the earliest ages of Christianity." Flowers of Freethought (First Series) All societies or nations that have been built through time in order to avoid war, have resulted to be inoperative. The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty It is one of the commonplaces of historical study that when an institution is actually forced upon a people it very quickly becomes inoperative. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development The mechanism too was as perfect as ever, in all its constituent parts, but forever silent and inoperative from lack of connection with the idea upon which it depended. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 All this relates to the past rather than the present, since, as we have explained, the relationship of slave and master is now so nearly at an end as to render such arrangements inoperative. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Legislative Action: Prior to 1885 the charters of twelve cities made inoperative the early State law which gave School Suffrage to women. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Taking it, however, at Mr Thomson's calculation, what a fearful amount of unoccupied and inoperative capital is here! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 Among adult animals, however, selfishness seems to become inoperative in the care they take of their offspring. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain He found the inner bolt melted and the lock inoperative; and, placing his forearms on either side of the middle crack of the door, he stood bracing it. The Affair of the Brains Such are the phrases one is perpetually hearing, and they go far to prove how inoperative are ritual, profession, and form, in the life of some Christians. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland A body without spirit corrupts and is offensive; a spirit without body is inoperative and alarming. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors The wording of these passages recalls most strikingly the imprecations of the kings in their charters upon those who, in after times, should dare to render their gifts inoperative. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters It, as I stated, simply asserts a right, and is inoperative until there is legislation to enforce it. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III It is the ready excuse for rude justice, for private revenge, for the assertion of the rights of persons or of things by the strong hand, that the laws are inoperative, or iniquitously administered. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. These laws had, however, been inoperative; and Henry, in his first Parliament, did not venture to do more than to make the peers swear to abandon their evil courses. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII The moral sanction of civil laws, which gives them their chief power, and without which they must ultimately become inoperative, cannot possibly extend further than this. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Constitutional provisions designed to obstruct amendment are not only an anomaly in popular government, but they are in the very nature of the case inoperative. The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy This the members refused to do, until a bright idea struck one of them, which was that they need not disturb the law, but could make it inoperative by enacting another statute. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Now, with the necessities of life standing at fully three times normal prices, a large number of trades employing many thousands of work-people were suddenly shut down upon, and rendered completely inoperative. The Message A recommendation of the Board of Trade, which still leaves the matter open, is plainly useless and inoperative. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. The encouraging hopes held out to the colored people, that this law would be inoperative upon them, has led only to disappointment. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject As a craft stands on the ground, its planes are inoperative. Learning to Fly A Practical Manual for Beginners Charters have been created with that provision retained, and they would make this bill abortive and largely inoperative. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III On myself, I need hardly say that it would be inoperative. The Fixed Period How many evils among us grow up under the shadow of inoperative laws—laws which have a voice and nothing else—nay, hardly a voice, so seldom are they heard even to speak. Humanity in the City These were drastic proposals to be made to a city which had just dismissed its bishop, attained political freedom, and proclaimed a reformation of religion; and Calvin was not the man to leave them inoperative. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 In a healthy organism it can safely remain inoperative with the certainty of becoming active at a later period if then it receive the normal stimulus. The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young We now come to the session of 1883, inoperative as far as actual legislation was concerned, but rich in its augury for the future. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Indeed, they can modify or repeal tariffs at their pleasure, for, they have only to inflate the circulation, and prices rise here to the extent of the duties, and the tariff becomes inoperative. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Whether its larger projector had been rendered inoperative, or many of its crew killed, or whether it thought merely to escape us and make a landing in the Light Country, I did not know. The Fire People But they were utterly inoperative in rendering the House of Commons really representative of or responsible to the people of England. History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 All of these perform the functions for which they are designed, yet the devices employed offer an excellent obstruction for the free passage of waste; therefore, in time, these traps become inoperative. Elements of Plumbing This bequest, therefore, not being for a charitable purpose, nor for the benefit of any particular persons, and being unrestricted in point of time, is inoperative and void. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Though he dared not touch the laws that oppressed the Catholic or the Dissenter, he took care that they should remain inoperative. History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 By advancing legislation, and public sentiment, the fugitive slave law is becoming inoperative, and slaves in Maryland are now held by a most precarious tenure. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy But they had the intended effect of advertising the person who sold them, whose "professional" services were generally brought into request when the pills proved inoperative. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. The Religion of Self-interest is narrow, poor, mostly inoperative of any lofty enthusiasm or high nobleness of character. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John If there were no Primitive Impulse, then the planets and meteors, sun and stars would for ever remain at rest, and the Laws of Motion would remain inoperative. Aether and Gravitation We very well know that such a provision would be entirely inoperative, because electors for President and Vice-President can be appointed by the Legislatures, according to a practice that has always obtained in South Carolina. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States The section would be inoperative without the action of Congress. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 The air which they found inoperative was proved by the luminous beam to be optically pure and therefore germless. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The government paid larger amounts on the deposits of prisoners, and capital on such terms must have forsaken the country; the council, therefore, declared the restriction inoperative. The History of Tasmania, Volume I There are plenty of laws now aiming at regulation of the trusts, but they are quite futile and inoperative. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg It had been argued against the third section that it could not be enforced, that it would be inoperative. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States Special conditions are created in fact when some fact is regarded as making the usual taboo inoperative. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Existing portraits show how futile were these precautions, how inoperative these laws; arms were bared with impunity, with complacency, and the presentment of Governor Wentworth shows three slashes in his sleeve. Customs and Fashions in Old New England It now remained for the governor to annul either the laws opposed to the provisions of the parliamentary act, which declared the taxing clauses illegal, or to subvert those restrictions by declaring them inoperative. The History of Tasmania, Volume I It is also true that I cannot, if I would, be inoperative. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance As the act of 1793 did not name any United States officials for this service it became nearly inoperative. History of the United States, Volume 3 But now it was a love static, inoperative. The Lost Girl But the proclamation remained inoperative till it was seized as a means of extortion. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 And this causes at once an inequality and difficulty in respect of acts of kindness, for the uses of friendship become inoperative by being dispersed over too wide an area. Plutarch's Morals He says this practice is open to the objection that those holes do not always absorb the water with sufficient rapidity, and so render the drainage for a time, inoperative. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles I called Auxiliary, and Technician Melran stated that his control circuits were inoperative and that he was tracing the difficulty. Indirection Whenever any patent is inoperative or invalid,p. Patent Laws of the Republic of Hawaii and Rules of Practice in the Patent Office In a sense the facts he has demonstrated make all material tests inoperative. The Shadow World A term used to designate the inoperative point of the crank. Practical Mechanics for Boys As Hermann Müller has said, "Sprengel's investigations afford an example of how even work that is rich in acute observation and happy interpretation may remain inoperative if the idea at its foundation is defective." My Studio Neighbors I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Whether conscience was inoperative at that moment we know not, but Brown acted on the suggestion, and briskly amalgamated the butter with the coffee, while the crowd at the port-hole politely but continuously demanded more. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan At the same time, although not absolute slaves, the Hottentots were practically in a state of servitude, in which the freedom accorded to them by Government had, by one subterfuge or another, been rendered inoperative. The Settler and the Savage Nature is soon inoperative without it; so soon indeed as to allow no opportunity for experiment or hypothesis. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The law was consequently almost inoperative, and the abominable practice up to this day had continued unchecked. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley You cut off abundance, make the law of supply inoperative for you, by shutting your mind to it. Pushing to the Front I notice this case chiefly to show that our present law is inoperative in the case of a class of prisoners of which this one was a fair type. Six Years in the Prisons of England Upon touching the "Pedal Help" under the Swell organ keys, the Great organ group of Pedal stops and couplers would be rendered inoperative and the Swell group would be brought into action. The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments The Law of Evidence must be held to be inoperative in this subject-matter. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Closure is inoperative, however, unless the number of members voting in the majority for its adoption is at least one hundred, or, in a standing committee, twenty. The Governments of Europe Although, however, Lord Northington did not openly deviate from the main points of his policy, he followed it up with a luke-warmness and insincerity that rendered it to a great extent inoperative. Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 This is a formula which, in many cases, is made to sanction monstrous injustice, and in all cases, I may say, is practically inoperative. Six Years in the Prisons of England For some reason the apparatus they use to propel them in space is inoperative in air, but their propellers will drive them forward faster than any plane Earth ever saw. The Black Star Passes It is a case where the "minimal dose" is wholly inoperative. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation A cantonal constitution which has not been accorded the assent of the two houses of the federal assembly is inoperative; and the same thing is true of even the minutest amendment. The Governments of Europe Mill may suggest hill, and then perhaps the directing idea becomes suddenly inoperative and the child gives mountain, valley, or some other irrelevant association. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale Marr predicted that as those eligible for reassignment were transferred out of black units, the units themselves, bereft of essential personnel, would become inoperative and disappear one by one. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 But it usually happens that those forward men have that valuable quality of promptness and activity, without which worth is a mere inoperative property. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune I suppose," began Gottlieb when he had retired to the seclusion of his inner office, "that you fully understand that the divorce secured by your wife is inoperative—Tut! The Confessions of Artemas Quibble It contains a total of 139 articles, of which eight, being temporary in character, are inoperative. The Governments of Europe Is it conceivable that they suddenly became inoperative thirty years ago? An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals These remodelled tradition, the Apologists made it to some extent inoperative without attacking it. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) But, as the history of Protestantism proves, the original impulse has not remained inoperative. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) An attempt was made also to prevent fees or robes being given to the masters, but the statute doubtless proved inoperative, and was afterwards repealed. The Customs of Old England If the agreement is inoperative with regard to Morocco, it may as well be openly admitted to be useless. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond That discontent was inoperative whilst a great military power held Canada. Lectures on Modern history With respect to the Eighteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first and Twenty-second Amendments, Congress included in the text of these proposed amendments a section stating that the article should be inoperative unless ratified within seven years. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 These documents were communicated to the public; but, unfortunately, their effect at home was not such as had been expected, and they were consequently inoperative abroad. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Although the funding system was certainly not inoperative in producing this improvement, it can not be justly ascribed to any single cause. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative like the Pope's Bull against the comet. Abraham Lincoln The advance notification to control center was inoperative. The Universe — or Nothing That to me would be a most repulsive idea if it were not that by its very vagueness it becomes inoperative. Phineas Finn The Irish Member He demanded that a joint, or unilateral, Commission should be instituted to examine whether the law on the Franchise were not rendered inoperative by the conditions which would make such representations impossible. Boer Politics Scientific men are familiar with the idea that there may be forces in the environment which are practically inoperative on the organism, there being no corresponding mode of sensibility. Illusions A Psychological Study Q. How would you lubricate the valve of low-pressure cylinder if the oil feed became inoperative on that side? The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads He had, no doubt, a code of his own to guide his conduct towards his co-religionists, but this code seemed wholly inoperative when he was brought into relation with those of another race and faith. Bella Donna A Novel Even if we have to describe Alexander's dream 43 as futile, we cannot afford to dismiss it as wholly inoperative. Armageddon—And After The demands of the Parliament of 1376 show how inoperative the previous Statutes of Labourers had proved. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 Villeneuve had other contingent instructions, which became inoperative through the persistent pursuit of Nelson. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain A. Yes, so that screw conveyor will not become clogged and inoperative. The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads Under this faulty system, the statute of Kilkenny became inoperative almost from its enactment. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Like many other statutes of the time this seems to have been inoperative, for we find 23 Hen. A Short History of English Agriculture The material considerations, which have formed a contributing factor in the spread of boys' schools, are inoperative in the case of girls. Indian Unrest Such accountability was the security against abuse—a very insufficient security, yet not wholly inoperative. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet.... A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History Abstractly, the law of ideo-motor action is true; but in the concrete our fields of consciousness are always so complex that the inhibiting margin keeps the centre inoperative most of the time. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals Some serious factor, inoperative during the thirty years prior to 1877 must have suddenly been introduced into the social system, to work such a marvellous revolution during the last twenty years. The Fertility of the Unfit The restraining forces of ancient India have lost some of their power; the restraining forces of the West are inoperative in India. Indian Unrest In the absence of such officers the proposed legislation would be nugatory and inoperative. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term Butler responded that as Virginia claimed to be a foreign country the fugitive-slave law was clearly inoperative, unless the owner would come and take an oath of allegiance to the United States. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History A strong and urgent motor idea in the focus may be neutralized and made inoperative by the presence of the very faintest contradictory idea in the margin. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals It is true, beyond question, that the Acts of Secession are all inoperative and void against the Constitution of the United States. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 It was as if we had been told that one of the forces of Nature had become inoperative. Grey Roses Such demonstration of the inoperative and inefficient condition of the treaty and law has produced deep-seated and increasing discontent among the people of the United States, and especially with those resident on the Pacific Coast. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term Twice the artillery blundered, and the cavalry was inoperative. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans She may tell us that the penal statutes, so far as slaves are concerned, are a dead letter; that they are inoperative; that they have no force or effect whatever. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery The Act of 1842 was general in its nature, and inoperative without State legislation. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics There are limits even to the power of evil beings; and your charms and enchantments, however strong and baneful, may be wholly inoperative against a magistrate in the discharge of his duty. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest This, of course, renders the proposed legislation entirely inoperative, if it would not actually prejudice the claim of his surviving widow. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term What is the condition of an enactment which is declared by a subsequent act of Congress to be "inoperative and void?" American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) These things I dwell upon as incentives and tokens of an existing public sentiment, rendering this Act practically inoperative, except as a tremendous engine of horror. American Eloquence, Volume 2 Studies In American Political History (1896) The Appeal of the Independent Democrats had bitterly arraigned the declaratory part of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, where the Missouri Compromise was said to have been superseded and therefore inoperative. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Can you suppose that the repeal of laws so inoperative as these, can afford any serious obstacle to the perfect security of the church, and the permanent union of that establishment with the state? Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century The very existence of a segregated district under police regulation means, of course, that the existing law must be nullified or at least rendered totally inoperative. A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil That would be a contradiction in terms, to say that an enactment which had been declared by act of Congress inoperative and void is still in force. American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) This law was only applicable to this particular instance, and became inoperative immediately after its application; and this Government cannot understand how suspicion can therefore fall upon the impartial administration of Justice in this Republic. A Century of Wrong To declare the prohibition inoperative, may, indeed, have effect in law as a repeal, but it is a most discreditable way of reaching the object. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Parts of the Penal Code, especially the laws against worship and the clergy, had become inoperative with time and the sheer impossibility of enforcement. The Framework of Home Rule We soon find that the progress of technical skill is curiously inoperative in its effect on human thought and feeling. The Unity of Civilization Then, if it is not in force, if it is not only inoperative and void, as it is to be declared, but is not in force, it is of course repealed. American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) At a word, a look, a glance, conscience—abused, suppressed, despised, inoperative—may rise in all her majesty and fill the heart with torment and despair! The Redemption of David Corson The clause is obviously inoperative if Belgium ultimately declines to take over the Congo territory, and there is at least the chance that this will happen. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) He, and two other physicians, had told me that my lungs were diseased; indeed, six months afterwards, all three sounded me, and declared that one lung was inoperative, and the other much affected. From Death into Life or, twenty years of my minstry In the first place, this Convention is inoperative. Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) Do not "declare" it "inoperative," "because superseded by the principles of the legislation of 1850." American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) But this must not lead us to suppose that natural selection is wholly inoperative in civilized society. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family He had argued the right of a State to dissent from, or nullify, a law passed by the House of Representatives and Senate, making such law inoperative within its borders. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen My inexperience of Japanese tolls and roads, however, renders his politeness inoperative, and, after allowing me to get past, duty compels him to issue forth and explain. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama It may be added that not only is the English law enjoining four weeks' rest on the mother after childbirth practically inoperative, but the period itself is absurdly inadequate. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society It is only for the purpose of carrying out this great fundamental principle of self-government that the bill renders the eighth section of the Missouri act inoperative and void. American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) It may be good for him and inoperative on all the rest of the world. A Librarian's Open Shelf Humanity is absolutely dwarfed and its powers rendered inoperative by the crowd of supernatural creatures that control its destiny. Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala Just why this parasite is inoperative in Australia, or why it has not been introduced there to lessen the rabbit evil, we do not know. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Organized sanitary and medical precautions, and proper legal protection for those who have been injured, are inoperative without the educative influence of elementary hygienic instruction placed in the possession of every young man and woman. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society I do not want to issue a document that the whole world would see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights Its design is to render the election laws inoperative and a dead letter during the next fiscal year. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 7, part 2: Rutherford B. Hayes Reason shows the means to an end; but if we are otherwise indifferent to the end, the reasonings fall inoperative on the mind. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics With such an unsatisfactory equipment of science, and with such a vague and morally inoperative religion, it was no wonder that the higher minds of the contemporary world turned to the study of philosophy. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul That trials shall not be unnecessarily delayed; but I think I have shown that the power is given to punish without trial; and if so, this provision is practically inoperative. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson But in entire fairness to Mr. Lincoln, it should be said that, although his proclamation was inoperative for the immediate release of any slaves, it was by no means wholly ineffectual. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights Were this tendency entirely inoperative, there would be no grammar. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech If Congress were to pass an act expressly revoking or annulling, in whole or in part, this New York grant, such an act would be wholly useless and inoperative. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style The bill violates the principle of the acts of 1833 and September, 1841, by suspending the first and rendering for a time the last inoperative. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler The pulleys are driven by two friction clutches, both of which are inoperative when the set-on handle is vertical as in the figure. The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth You who are turning over in your minds the consideration that your great body can make new rules to render my discovery inoperative, are dealing with a shadow. Friday, the Thirteenth The entail might be made altogether inoperative by the marriage of her brother. Mr. Scarborough's Family Hence, the rules and regulations of every lodge are inoperative until they are submitted to and approved by the Grand Lodge. The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry But a moment later, investigating, he found that it could be rendered inoperative by a catch on the inside, which, being set, allowed the door to open and close freely. Strawberry Acres This is what has happened with this particular doctrine in the case of multitudes; it is not denied, but it is banished to what Mr. Lecky calls "the land of the unrealized and the inoperative." The Teaching of Jesus I performed all evolutions there by means of that divine Soul which I fashioned there, and which had remained inoperative in the watery abyss. Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life Let it not be supposed that these laws are all obsolete and inoperative. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 4 of 4 It was useless to issue a proclamation that might be as inoperative as the Pope's bull against the comet. Abraham Lincoln By the decrees of 9th of May, 1793, 7th of July, 1796, and 2d of March, 1797, the stipulations which were then and subsequently most important to the United States were rendered wholly inoperative. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 3: Franklin Pierce But it usually happens that those forward men have that valuable quality of promptness and activity without which worth is a mere inoperative property. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance No case of the kind, however, was ever prosecuted on that clause of the Act, which was, in other respects, very nearly inoperative. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) It is quite certain that it was inoperative, and that it did no more than express the conscience of the legislature—in deference to PRINCIPLE, 'which nobody could deny.' The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II) Had Elfride, with any degree of coolness, asserted that she had done no harm, the poisonous breath of the dead Mrs. Jethway would have been inoperative. A Pair of Blue Eyes Will these qualities of His character be inoperative in a future life, when there will be such sin and suffering to appeal to them? Love's Final Victory What reason was there for supposing that the tendencies which in the past had favoured the growth of large holdings and replaced agriculture by pasturage, should remain inoperative in the future? A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate One after another those immediately concerned in it had died, and there the falsehood lurked—in latent power—inoperative until my second visit to Umberden Church. Wilfrid Cumbermede If so, the judgment of the judicial department would have proved inoperative, simply because the officer charged with the duty of rendering it operative had declined to fulfil that duty. The American Judiciary It was a dangerous engagement, even with the caveat rendering the undertaking inoperative if such invasion should be provoked by Persia. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 I. An instance of a wholly unreal, because inoperative, faith. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts Although the funding system was certainly not inoperative in producing this improvement it cannot be justly ascribed to any single cause. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched Make it inoperative, and the institution was doomed. America To-day, Observations and Reflections Floats should not be used except where failure will only render the machine inoperative. Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon So the impression which had existed before was all inoperative until it was kindled by attention to the facts which all the time had been, in some degree, known. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Dunham plundered his own and Staniford's common stock of dainties for her dessert; the first officer agreed and applauded right and left; Staniford alone sat taciturn and inoperative, watching her face furtively. The Lady of the Aroostook The letter and its accompanying documents were communicated to the public, but, unfortunately, their effect at home was not such as had been expected, and they were, consequently, inoperative abroad. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched Many other motives actuate Christian faithfulness, but all are reinforced by this, and where it is feeble they are more or less inoperative. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII In every given touch laid on canvas, if one grain of the colour is inoperative, and does not take its full part in producing the hue, the hue will be imperfect. The Two Paths Except upon such understanding on their part, the order of the President, as to this class of Persons, would be inoperative. The Great Conspiracy, Volume 5 But, though I understood its hideousness intellectually, it aroused in mo no corresponding emotion; my sensitiveness to right arid wrong seemed stupefied or inoperative. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales Too much reliance, however, must not be put upon the breaks, as they sometimes give way, and in frosty weather are nearly inoperative. A Catechism of the Steam Engine But the growth of thrift in the working-classes, the increase of the machinery of charity, the rise of the average of wages--these causes have been wholly inoperative to check the growth of indoor pauperism. Problems of Poverty To contract by treaty to create a state of war upon certain contingencies arising would be equally tainted with unconstitutionality and would be null and inoperative. The Peace Negotiations A Personal Narrative I do not want to issue a document that the whole World will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's Bull against the Comet! The Great Conspiracy, Volume 5 In the modern world political dominion is playing a more and more effaced role as a factor in commerce; the non-political factors have in practise made it all but inoperative. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Fortunately for me, I passed so nearly through the centre of the aggregation that its attraction as a whole was nearly inoperative. Across the Zodiac Fortified with this important adhesion, Douglas took the fatal plunge, and on January 23 introduced his third Nebraska bill, organizing two territories instead of one, and declaring the Missouri Compromise "inoperative." Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 Yet the bait did not tempt him, and the system was soon discarded as useless and inoperative. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore Formerly, the truths were seen, but not felt: they were inoperative truths, lifeless, and unvalued. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 The power of urine does not lie in the urea, which, as we shall hereafter see, is inoperative. Insectivorous Plants As long as Mr. Gibson was behaving well as a suitor, they were inoperative there. He Knew He Was Right There was no middle course, apparently, to the rabbit kind, lethodyne was either fatal or else inoperative. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose The decease was sudden, and though the draft of a will had been discovered, it had no signature, and was consequently inoperative. Demos But while faulty and inoperative legislation may be responsible in part for the failure in our oysteries, it is certain that other causes must be at work to bring about such a disastrous result. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Intention may be inoperative, and effect may be involuntary. Balzac The father had been regarded as a great outside power, which could hardly be overcome, but which might be evaded, or made inoperative by stratagem. The Duke's Children They can be depended on, every time, to defeat a good law, and make it inoperative—yes, and utterly grotesque, too, mere matter for laughter and derision. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) At the date which this history has now reached, Sellers was appalled to find that the usual remedy was inoperative, and that Hawkins's low spirits refused absolutely to lift. The American Claimant It was understood that those laws would be strictly enforced against all priests and friars, though left generally inoperative for lay people; and, with certain exceptions, mentioned by Dr. Curry, such was the rule observed. Irish Race in the Past and the Present In perusing such a book as the foregoing, one is led to ask why it was so inoperative on the life of the country. Balzac Doubtless there is a stage in love when scenery of the very best quality becomes inoperative. Their Pilgrimage And even although you should have written to the bishop or to the dean, your letters need have no effect, if you will allow me to make them inoperative. The Last Chronicle of Barset The machine, to render the measure inoperative, was contending for a majority or at least a high plurality vote, while the anti-machine element was contending for a mere plurality. Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 During these days of isolation, when Washington, with the telegraph inoperative, was kept in an appalling uncertainty, the North rose. Abraham Lincoln and the Union; a chronicle of the embattled North The new bill divided the proposed Territory, calling the southern part Kansas and the northern part Nebraska, and declared the Missouri Compromise superseded by the legislation of 1850 and now inoperative. Life of Stephen A. Douglas They rendered the security afforded by this mortgage inoperative and, as all chances of re-payment disappeared, its value declined. The French Revolution - Volume 3 Every sense was intensified to the acme of its acuteness; while the powers of volition were inoperative. David Elginbrod That the machine proposed to make the bill inoperative was recognized from the moment the committee was called to order. Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 For these words are not inoperative or dead, but creative, living words. Martin Luther's Large Catechism, translated by Bente and Dau If God is associated with Nature, how can we explain the inoperative indifference of the divine principle? Seraphita |
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