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Invalid
//ɪnˈvæl.ɪd// adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
"Your argument is invalid because it uses circular reasoning."
- 2 Suffering from disability or illness. not-comparable
"Invalidism therefore referred to a lack of power as well as a tendency toward illness. It is for this reason that I choose to discuss the invalid woman rather than just the ill one."
- 3 Intended for use by an invalid. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 no longer valid wordnet
- 2 having no cogency or legal force wordnet
Noun
- 1 Any person with a disability or illness. dated, offensive, sometimes
- 2 someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury wordnet
- 3 A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves. dated, offensive, sometimes
- 4 A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury. archaic
Verb
- 1 To exempt from (often military) duty because of injury or ill health. British, transitive
"He was invalided home after the car crash."
- 2 injure permanently wordnet
- 3 To make invalid or affect with disease. transitive
- 4 force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From in- + valid.
Etymology 2
From Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”).
Etymology 3
From Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”).
Etymology 4
From Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”).
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