Invalid

//ɪnˈvæl.ɪd// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.

    "Your argument is invalid because it uses circular reasoning."

  2. 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. 3
    Intended for use by an invalid. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    no longer valid wordnet
  2. 2
    having no cogency or legal force wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Any person with a disability or illness. dated, offensive, sometimes
  2. 2
    someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury. archaic
Verb
  1. 1
    To exempt from (often military) duty because of injury or ill health. British, transitive

    "He was invalided home after the car crash."

  2. 2
    injure permanently wordnet
  3. 3
    To make invalid or affect with disease. transitive
  4. 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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