adjective

• 1Not working or in use.

  ‘non-operational equipment’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The NHS holds around 1,000 non-operational sites currently worth £912m.’
  • ‘Head Philip Davies said: ‘Items removed included file servers, so the whole of the suite is non-operational.’’
  • ‘The capital receipts will come from the sale of non-operational property such as three golf courses in Leeds, assorted agricultural land, shops and houses across the district.’
  • ‘I have been amazed, with using this unit, just how many cameras are actually non-operational at certain times and it has saved me many times from being clocked while just over the speed limit.’
  • ‘‘Power is vital, especially for health services, but most power stations are non-operational due to damage, or a lack of staff or fuel,’ the bank said.’

  1. 1.1Not engaged in or involving active duties.
     ‘his current non-operational job as a fire prevention office’
     More example sentences

     • ‘They have been put on non-operational firearms duties.’
     • ‘The two officers remained at work, on non-operational duties, as the Crown Prosecution Service considers whether to bring any criminal charges against them.’
     • ‘Up to 3,000 non-operational managers will lose their jobs although it remained unclear last night where the majority of losses will be.’
     • ‘Most of these duty officers had retreated to non-operational areas early in their careers because they couldn't stomach the risks of front-line policing.’
     • ‘The new range of cost-cutting measures was decided at a meeting of the group's executive committee in Mr Gilbertson's home town of Johannesburg and will cost 100 jobs on top of the 1300 non-operational positions shed since the merger.’
     • ‘For many people it will be their only non-operational overseas experience.’
     • ‘This practice is extant for non-operational periods only.’