单词 | invalid |
释义 | invalid (once / 531 pages) 1adj 2nv A person who is very sick or injured and needs frequent care is an invalid. Also, something no longer current or useful is invalid. The main uses of this word have to do with people and things that don't work very well anymore. A driver's license that has expired is invalid — it needs to be renewed. If you lost your health insurance, it's invalid. People who are called invalids are disabled or incapacitated severely. Be careful with this word, because some think it is inappropriate, since it sounds as if some people are not as valid as others based on physical capability. WORD FAMILYinvalid: invalided, invaliding, invalidism, invalidity, invalidly, invalidness, invalids+/invalidate: invalidated, invalidates, invalidating, invalidation/invalidation: invalidations/invalidism: invalidisms/invalidity: invalidities/valid: invalid, validate, valider, validity, validly, validness/validate: invalidate, validated, validates, validating, validation, validatory/validation: validations/validity: validities USAGE EXAMPLESThen, in September, the trademark bureau finally relented, declaring Dong Wei’s trademark invalid. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) However, the repeal resolution includes language stating that it will become invalid if H.B. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) The bill on Park’s impeachment was passed by a vote of 234 for and 56 opposed, with seven invalid votes and two abstentions. Seattle Times(Dec 09, 2016) 1 1adj no longer valid the license is invalid Syn expired having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time 2adj having no cogency or legal force 2invalid reasoning an invalid driver's license Syn|Ant illegitimate of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful bad, uncollectiblenot capable of being collected fallacious, unsoundcontaining or based on a fallacy falseerroneous and usually accidental invalidated, nullifieddeprived of legal force null, voidlacking any legal or binding force sophistic, sophisticalplausible but misleading valid well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force legitimateof marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful reasonable, sensibleshowing reason or sound judgment bindingexecuted with proper legal authority effectual, legal, soundhaving legal efficacy or force legitimate, logicalbased on known statements or events or conditions reasoned, sound, well-groundedlogically valid validateddeclared or made legally valid 1n someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury Syn|Hyper shut-in diseased person, sick person, sufferer a person suffering from an illness 2v injure permanently Syn|Hypo|Hyper disable, handicap, incapacitate hock disable by cutting the hock injure, wound cause injuries or bodily harm to 3v force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen Hyper remove remove from a position or an office |
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