invalid

invalid
I UK [ɪnˈvælɪd] / US adjective
1) not legally effective

Your ticket is invalid without the airline's official stamp.

The vote has been declared invalid and another election scheduled.

2) not based on facts, evidence, or good judgment
3) computing not acceptable as a computer instruction or operation

II UK [ˈɪnvəlɪd] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "invalid":
singular invalid plural invalids
a) someone who is ill or injured and is unable to look after themselves

He had been an invalid for many years.

b) [only before noun] relating to someone who is ill or injured, especially permanently

He lives with his invalid mother.


III UK [ˈɪnvəlɪd] / US verb
Word forms "invalid":
present tense I/you/we/they invalid he/she/it invalids present participle invaliding past tense invalided past participle invalided

be invalided out (of)British to be forced to leave the armed forces because you are ill or injured


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