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adjective

as in prohibited

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verb

past tense of disallow
1
as in denied
to declare not to be true disallowing the philosophical concept of free will

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2
as in refused
to be unwilling to grant disallowed the defendant's request for a new trial

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Recent Examples of disallowed
Adjective
Jailbreaking involves persuading a model to ignore its safety rules and generate disallowed content. — Nirmal Jingar, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
There was no immediate comment from the government, but Nepal has long maintained good relations with China and has disallowed any pro-Tibetan activities. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 But the scattergun decisions emerging from the VAR centre in Dallas led to goals being disallowed for minor ‘offences’ that would never lead to the award of a penalty had the players’ roles been reversed. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 22 July 2026 Things looked even better for Argentina when Spain had a goal disallowed for what appeared to be a very soft foul by Mikel Merino on an Albiceleste defender that ruled out Williams’ effort. — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 Torres had a second goal disallowed, for the narrowest of offside calls. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 That was until the nearby linesman alerted him to the fact that the goal was disallowed for an apparent foul. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2026 Take Croatia’s last-gasp equaliser against Portugal, disallowed due to a contentious offside ruling based on data collected by a microchip in the ball which detected a slight touch by a Croatia player in the build-up to the goal. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 14 July 2026 England’s only goal from this match maybe should have been disallowed. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disallowed
  1. forbidden
  2. denied
  3. refused
  4. outlawed
  5. rejected
  6. declined
  7. barred
  8. refuted
Adjective
  • Last November, both TMZ and CBS News reported alleged infractions, including being caught with homemade alcohol and trying to make a forbidden three-way phone call.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, VIBE.com, 24 July 2026
  • More recently, mathematicians have been able to adapt Erdős’ method to get better estimates of Ramsey numbers where the forbidden cliques differ vastly in size.
    — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2026
Definition of forbidden
Verb
  • Jones has repeatedly denied the allegations since he was arrested in 2024.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The former FedEx driver who was sentenced to death in May for the capital murder of 7-year-old Wise County girl Athena Strand has had his request for a new trial denied.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of denied
Verb
  • In February, Trump appointee Vinay Prasad—a Kennedy ally—refused to even review the vaccine, despite objections from FDA staff and career officials, shocking Moderna and the larger biomedical community.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Thursday's vote was along party lines, and came after Fauci refused to answer lawmakers' questions in a hearing last week about the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, citing his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination.
    — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of refused
Adjective
  • It’s been nearly a decade since California voters legalized recreational cannabis, but production and sales remain outlawed in most of the state — and the black market dominates.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • King Henry’s laws adamantly forbade chattel slavery, outlawed colonialism, and created an economically robust, financially solvent Black state, one not dependent on the transatlantic slave trade.
    — Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Definition of outlawed
Verb
  • Crump has also rejected notions from law enforcement officials that Wells may have drowned, citing the teenager’s ability to swim well and his athletic past.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Florida Crystals consistently rejected those criticisms, saying the company complied with environmental regulations, invested heavily in conservation and upheld labor standards.
    — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of rejected
Verb
  • Quinn declined, however, to move Coleman earlier in camp when starting center Nick Allegretti went down with a calf injury, opting instead to use Julian Good-Jones and let Coleman focus on left guard.
    — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The case was rejected by the District Attorney’s office in April 2024, and the Santa Monica City Attorney’s office declined to press charges.
    — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of declined
Adjective
  • The roommate, Maria Ortiz, 60, was struggling against a barred window, screaming for help, when firefighters in a tower ladder truck cut the bars and pulled her out.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
  • The motions of stellar streams contain clues to how our barred spiral galaxy evolved over billions of years, including through collisions with other galactic realms.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of barred
Verb
  • Players from that 1951 side have strongly refuted the story, while the priest at its centre has never been identified.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • The country's health minister, David Kershenobich, refuted the FDA's assertion on July 21.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Definition of refuted

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