| inoperative |
| 1. adj. Not working or functioning; either idle or broken. | |
| 2. adj. (legal) No longer legally binding. | |
| disabled |
| 1. adj. Made incapable of use or action. | |
| 2. adj. Having a disability. | |
| 3. adj. (legal) Legally disqualified. | |
| 4. n. One who is disabled. (qual, often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular) | |
| 5. v. simple past tense and past participle of disable | |
| disable |
| 1. v. To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling. | |
| 2. v. (chiefly of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury. | |
| Falling off the horse disabled him. | |
| 3. v. (chiefly electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of a electronical or mechanical device). | |
| The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane. | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete) Lacking ability; unable. | |
