inoperability
State of brokenness
Inoperability is the state of being unable to function or be put into operation.
In medicine, it describes a condition—usually a tumor or disease—that cannot be treated surgically: The cancer's inoperability left chemotherapy as the only option.
More broadly, it refers to systems or equipment that cannot work: The inoperability of the backup generator during the outage caused significant losses.
Abnormal or unhealthy operation
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- failureLack of success
- defectInherent imperfection or fault
- faultImperfection or blame
glitch · bug · error · crash · outage · shutdown · downtime · disruption
Lack of capacity
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
- limitationBound on extent
- restrictionLimit on action
constraint · debilitation · paralysis · immobility · nonfunctionality · uselessness · ineffectiveness · unworkability
Incompatible combination
- conflictOpposition between parties
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- discordanceConflicting elements together
- interoperabilityCross-platform functional harmony
dysfunction
Abnormal or unhealthy operation
fault · glitch · bug · error · crash · outage · shutdown · downtime · disruption · stoppage
inability
Lack of capacity
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
- limitationBound on extent
restriction · constraint · debilitation · paralysis · immobility · nonfunctionality · uselessness · ineffectiveness · unworkability · unfitness
mismatch
Incompatible combination
- conflictOpposition between parties
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- discordanceConflicting elements together
- dysfunctiondysfunction, malfunction, breakdown, failure, defect
inoperabilityoperability
Capacity to be used
functionality · working order · serviceability · functional · operable
inoperabilityoperability
Capacity to be used
feasibility · practicability · workability · implementability · viability
operate, operation, operator, cooperate, operative, operational, operable, inoperative, inoperable