NONOPERATIVE

Etymology

Adjective

nonoperative (not comparable)

Not requiring or involving a medical operation or surgery.

Not operative, not operational; inoperative.

Noun

nonoperative (plural nonoperatives)

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

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

6 June 2025

PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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