invalid
pronunciation
How to pronounce invalid in British English:
UK [ɪnˈvælɪd , ˈɪnvəlɪd]
How to pronounce invalid in American English:
US [ɪnˈvælɪd , ˈɪnvəlɪd]
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- Noun:
- someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
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- Verb:
- force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen
- injure permanently
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- Adjective:
- having no cogency or legal force
- no longer valid
Word Origin
- invalid
- invalid: see valid
- invalid (adj.1)
- "not strong, infirm," 1640s, from Latin invalidus "not strong, infirm, weak, feeble," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + validus "strong" (see valid). Specific meaning "infirm from sickness, disease, or injury" is from 1640s.
- invalid (adj.2)
- "of no legal force," 1630s, from special use of Latin invalidus (see invalid (adj.1)).
- invalid (n.)
- 1709, originally of disabled military men, from invalid (adj.1). Invalides is short for French Hôtel des Invalides, home for old and disabled soldiers in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Example
- 1. You referenced an invalid internal link by mistake because of a typo .
- 2. Assange argues that his arrest warrant is invalid because it was issued by a judge .
- 3. The theory relies heavily on the invalid concept of indifference of utilities in establishing the numerical scale .
- 4. In finding the method for risk-hedging invalid , the court relied on existing supreme court case law .
- 5. Government officials dismissed the claims as invalid given the damage that has been ultimately revealed at the plant .