Definition of "nonoperative" in Englisch

adjective

1. Not requiring or involving a medical operation or surgery.

2. Not operative, not operational; inoperative.

   • Near-synonyms: nonfunctional, nonfunctioning
   • ... occurring on or after the ninety-first day after adjournment of the 1951 Regular Session of the Legislature, at which time they shall become nonoperative unless extended by further act of the Legislature …

noun

1. (uncommon) One who is not an operative (“employee or worker”).