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Definition of semi-invalid in English: semi-invalidnounsɛmɪˈɪnvəliːdˌsemˌī- A partially disabled or somewhat infirm person. Example sentencesExamples - Her cough and headaches had frightened all of them for years but after David's death she became a semi-invalid calling for pity and everyone's care until her death at the age of 76.
- He was involved in a horrific car accident that claimed the life of his mother and was to make his father a semi-invalid, in and out of hospital for many years.
- In 1925, when she was still at medical school, she suffered appalling injuries in a traffic accident, leaving her a permanent semi-invalid, often in severe pain.
- Worrying about my health and living as a semi-invalid did nothing to help with my recuperation, so I just said to hell with it, I might as well throw myself into training, even if it kills me.
- At home, Hank also has to deal with his racist father, Buck, himself a retired corrections officer and now a semi-invalid who spends his time filling scrapbooks with the latest information on death row happenings.
Definition of semi-invalid in US English: semi-invalidnounˌsemˌī- A partially disabled or somewhat infirm person. Example sentencesExamples - In 1925, when she was still at medical school, she suffered appalling injuries in a traffic accident, leaving her a permanent semi-invalid, often in severe pain.
- Her cough and headaches had frightened all of them for years but after David's death she became a semi-invalid calling for pity and everyone's care until her death at the age of 76.
- He was involved in a horrific car accident that claimed the life of his mother and was to make his father a semi-invalid, in and out of hospital for many years.
- Worrying about my health and living as a semi-invalid did nothing to help with my recuperation, so I just said to hell with it, I might as well throw myself into training, even if it kills me.
- At home, Hank also has to deal with his racist father, Buck, himself a retired corrections officer and now a semi-invalid who spends his time filling scrapbooks with the latest information on death row happenings.
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