as in fragile
chronically or repeatedly suffering from poor health
an old and now invalid woman who rarely gets out anymore
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as in null
having no legal or binding force
the treaty is invalid once one side violates it
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as in erroneous
not being in agreement with what is true
that's an invalid assumption on your part
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as in unreasonable
not using or following good reasoning
an argument which has one untrue premise is invalid
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as in unsupported
having no basis in reason or fact
an invalid claim that can be easily disproved by the facts
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as in to impair
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Recent Examples of invalid
Caroline Frost, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2025
DeSantis's office has said all options are on the table for their fight, but a legal ruling invaliding the agreement that currently gives Disney near-total control of the district would be the easiest resolution for the governor's headache.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2023
Scott Schwebke, Oc Register, 12 July 2025
The Nunez contract is invalid because it was improperly solicited or procured.
—Arkansas Online, 29 July 2025
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Adjective
If this is ascertained, the BBC quotes an LA attorney saying this would render Hackman’s will invalid, and mean his children could have a claim to the estate.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2025
DeSantis's office has said all options are on the table for their fight, but a legal ruling invaliding the agreement that currently gives Disney near-total control of the district would be the easiest resolution for the governor's headache.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2023
Verb
Doctors and patients were not informed of the delays, which increased the risk of invalid tests, degraded specimens and late diagnoses.
—Scott Schwebke, Oc Register, 12 July 2025
The Nunez contract is invalid because it was improperly solicited or procured.
—Arkansas Online, 29 July 2025
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Verb
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If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
13 Aug. 2025
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These kinds of environments can impair the development of healthy coping strategies.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
10 Aug. 2025
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And, before getting hurt, Paredes trailed just Altuve for leading the team in home runs.—
Tyler Small,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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However, earlier this year, the CFPB dropped its suit against EWS, along with several other cases against companies that had been accused of hurting consumers.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
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The jellyfish boom can harm ecosystems and marine industries, said Bayha, who has studied the animals for more than 20 years and helped identify a nettle species.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Dana locked up items that Elliott could use to harm himself.—
Odette Yousef,
NPR,
6 Aug. 2025
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Hailey has an even rarer type of the illness, an extreme form of hemophilia B. That means bleeding inside his body could damage organs or tissue and quickly put his life at risk.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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The suspect, Kevin Charles Pyles, allegedly admitted to wanting to damage the synagogue and blamed minorities for his unemployment, officials say.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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In May, the body of a man was found hanging from a nearby bridge alongside a narco-message; a month later, a human head was left near a tourist site in Culiacán; and two weeks after that, several police officers were seriously injured in a nearby ambush.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
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After hearing more cries for help, searchers found the missing climber, who had been injured, at 4:16 a.m.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The choice is whether to exhaust yourself trying to conduct every note or to lay down a rhythm that enables your entire team to create something extraordinary together.—
Michael Hudson,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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My mother, exhausted, would simply tell us to go to bed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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Walking up the eighteenth hole, Woad laid up into the par-5 finisher before sticking a 3/4 wedge to 2 feet to seal the tournament.—
Mike Fore,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
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The Queen Apparently only the queen bee lays eggs and can lay up to two thousand eggs a day, according to Garrison.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Factory ships deplete fisheries in a matter of years and an inordinate amount of sea life also perishes in their nets.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Aug. 2025
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But here’s one worth saying out loud: ambition should nourish us, not deplete us.—
Daisy Auger-Domínguez,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Invalid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invalid. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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