not functioning an 

inoperative clock
having no effect or force an inoperative law
To cause or direct someone to visit or travel multiple places or things in quick succession. In this usage, a noun 
or pronoun is used between "shuttle" and "from."Upper management kept shuttling Sarah from department  to 
department, trying to pressure her to quit  so  they wouldn't have to pay severance.
There is a bus to shuttle people between the car park and the entrance to the theme park. ‫توجد حافلة لنقل الناس بين‬
There's a free shuttle service from the car park to the shopping centre ‫خدمة ذهاب وعودة‬
The city council runs a shuttle between the city centre and the historic quayside. ‫وضعت البلدية حافلة مكوكية بين‬
‫مركز المدينة والمنطقة‬
We took the shuttle from San Francisco to Mountain View. ‫ركبنا الحافلة المكوكية من سان فرانسيسكو إلى ماونتن فيو‬
This bus shuttles between the airport and the hotel ‫يتر ّدد‬
An act, instance, or practice of carrying out discussions or negotiations between two parties who refuse to
communicate with one another directly.
The ambassador has been on a mission of shuttle diplomacy, trying to broker a peace deal between the two
warring nations.
To move from one person or group of authority to another in quick succession.
I've been shuttling from doctor to doctor trying to figure out what has been going on with my stomach
problems.
She shuttled from one foster home to another throughout her childhood, so she's never had a strong sense of
family.
a. To keep in existence; maintain, continue, or prolong: sustain an  effort.
b. To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.
2.
a. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for: the  income  needed  to  sustain a family.
b. To support the spirits, vitality, or resolution of; encourage: We  were sustained  by  her  unflagging  optimism.
3. To support from below; keep from falling or sinking; prop: The beams  sustain the  weight of the  roof.
4.
a. To bear up under; withstand: can't sustain  the blistering  heat.
b. To experience or suffer: sustained minor  injuries.
5. To affirm the validity of: The  judge  has sustained  the prosecutor's objection.