invalidedadj.
/ɪnvəˈliːdɪd/ a. Made or accounted an invalid; ‘laid up’ or disabled by illness or injury; removed from service on account of infirmity.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > restrained by ill health
bedridc1000
bedridden1340
bedlarc1440
bedrel1513
bed-sickc1550
clinica1631
bedfasta1639
non-surrective1668
decumbent1689
invalided1837
laid1868
to lay aside1879
wheelchaired1938
on the sick1976
society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [adjective] > due to illness or injury
invalided1837
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xliv. 486 Mr. Pickwick cut the matter short by drawing the invalided stroller's arm through his, and leading him away.
1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 26 Invalided officers who reside at the sanatarium during the summer.
b. Of things: Fallen into disrepair; damaged so as to be unserviceable.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > in disrepair
unrepaired1398
left-handeda1425
unmended1574
unrestored1818
invalided1855
down at heel1856
rattle-bag1885
flea-bitten1917
1855 J. L. Motley Let. 18 Oct. in Corr. (1889) I. vi. 179 It looks like a hospital for invalided or incurable furniture.
1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 24 Mar. 514/1 Where five invalided old plate-warmers leaned up against one another under a discarded old melancholy sideboard.
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adj.1837