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A nowhere-zero \(C^\infty\)-complex vector field \(X\) in the plane is locally integrable at a point \(P\) in \(\mathbb{R}^2\) if there exists a \(C^1\) solution \(u\) satisfying \(Xu=0\) in a neighbourhood of \(P\) such that \(du\neq 0\). The Mizohata-type vector field \(\partial_t +ia(t, x) \partial_x\) \((a(0,0)=0\) and \(a_t(0,0)\neq 0)\) is locally integrable at the origin if \(\bullet\) \(a(t,x)\) is real analytic with respect to \(x\) or \(\bullet\) the function \(t\to a(t,x)\) does not change sign in \(\{t:(t,x) \in\omega\}\), where \(\omega\) is a neighbourhood of the origin. The goal of this paper is to construct a class of operators which do not have the local integrability property, namely, a subclass of operators \(\partial_t +ip(t) (q(t,x) +r(t,x)) \partial_x\), where the even function \(p=p(t)\) is continuous and monotone increasing in \([0,\infty)\) and \(q=q(t,x)\), \(r=r(t,x)\) are real-valued \(C^\infty\)-functions.