Synonyms of invalidated

invalidated 1 of 2

adjective

as in unsupported

Related Words

• unsupported
• unsubstantiated
• ambiguous
• undefined
• unconfirmed
• indeterminate
• vague
• unsettled
• general
• indefinable
• indistinct
• indefinite
• unclear
• erroneous
• inaccurate
• problematic
• mushy
• imprecise
• incorrect
• inexact
• suspect
• flawed
• noncommittal
• shaky
• suspicious
• approximate
• open
• equivocal
• inexplicit
• faulty
• questionable
• wrong
• fishy
• mistaken
• loose
• doubtful
• dubitable
• dubious
• squishy
• false
• approximative
• dodgy
• queer
• off
• disputable
• debatable
• shady
• doubtable
• ballpark

Dissimilar Words

• defined
• conclusive
• decisive
• obvious
• definite
• positive
• clear
• definitive
• certain
• definable
• sure
• clear-cut
• indisputable
• incontestable
• unquestionable
• undeniable
• confirmed
• undoubted
• unproblematic
• indubitable
• irrefutable
• valid
• validated
• supported
• incontrovertible
• unqualified
• absolute
• correct
• established
• determined
• open-and-shut
• true
• substantiated
• right
• questionless
• accurate
• sound
• factual
• hands-down
• exact
• dead
• corroborated
• precise
• dead-on
• errorless
• ultraprecise
• veracious

invalidated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of invalidate

as in repealed

to put an end to by formal action

those nations eventually invalidated their trade agreement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• repealed
• abolished
• canceled
• overturned
• voided
• nullified
• vacated
• annulled
• avoided
• rescinded
• revoked
• dismissed
• negated
• abrogated
• quashed
• dissolved
• suspended
• withdrew
• struck down
• set aside
• rejected
• abated
• rolled back
• reversed
• nulled
• retracted
• vetoed
• overruled
• disannulled
• eliminated
• did away with
• removed
• erased
• prohibited
• recalled
• countermanded
• banned
• overrode
• forbade
• aborted
• outlawed
• enjoined
• disallowed
• eradicated
• called off
• annihilated
• called
• dropped
• liquidated
• threw out
• broke down
• wrote off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enacted
• established
• laid down
• founded
• instituted
• validated
• passed
• approved
• legislated
• authorized
• ratified
• permitted
• allowed
• endorsed
• ordered
• prescribed
• sanctioned
• warranted
• formalized
• legitimized
• cleared
• legalized
• legitimated
• mandated
• decreed
• commanded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of invalidated

Adjective

In the following decades, lower courts invalidated classes as violating the establishment clause if the subject matter promoted Christianity – teaching it as religious truth rather than discussing the Bible’s literary and historical qualities. — Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 29 June 2026

The ballot measure would have required special taxes approved by local governments to receive two-thirds support from voters to go into effect — and invalidated previous tax increases that hadn’t met that threshold. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026

Other land-use decisions may also be invalidated, including designation of the BLM’s Areas of Critical Environmental Concern intended to benefit big-game habitat security, or watershed protections intended to conserve native fish species. — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026

Sánchez argues that ballots cast by Peruvians abroad should be invalidated because the government, at the request of the Foreign Ministry, eliminated digital transmission of runoff results, requiring tally sheets to be physically transported to Lima. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026

Ashely also now argued, for the first time, that the UPEPA violated her constitutional right to a jury trial (the previous Minnesota Anti-SLAPP law had been invalidated years earlier for this very reason). — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026

But in its ruling, the Supreme Court sided with Pitchford, clearing the way for his conviction to be invalidated. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 May 2026

Piper, the former election official, said the recent map changes also increase the chance of administrative errors, like a voter getting the wrong ballot, which can make invalidated votes more likely. — Miles Parks, NPR, 14 May 2026

The map the Supreme Court invalidated had two majority-black seats and Republicans hope to reduce the advantage for Democrats in at least one of the seats. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 8 May 2026

Verb

In the 1997 Miami mayoral race vote fraud scandal, for example, after several hundred absentee ballots were proved fraudulent, courts invalidated them all; still, only about 57 individuals were charged. — Andrew E. Busch, The Conversation, 23 July 2026

International goods trade comprises nearly a third of the state's nominal GDP, with the state particularly exposed to tariffs that were not invalidated by February's Supreme Court ruling. — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 13 July 2026

Then, in 2014, the Supreme Court invalidated the limit on the amount of money a donor could contribute to federal candidates in a two-year election cycle. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Earlier this year, courts also invalidated Democratic redistricting efforts in Virginia and New York that were aimed at the midterm elections, though Democrats could try again there before the 2028 elections. — ABC News, 29 June 2026

The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services has warned that people can easily obtain fakes; in 2010, Puerto Rico invalidated all its existing birth certificates, citing rampant fraud and identity theft. — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

An Oregon environmental group is suing the Department of the Interior to stop a timber sale in the Coast Range because Congress invalidated the BLM resource management plan that would have ordinarily guided the sale of about 1,300 acres of timber in sensitive salmon-rearing habitat. — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026

Two years ago, the court upheld a law preventing domestic abusers from owning guns; a lower court had invalidated the law before the high court intervened. — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 25 June 2026

But in 2024, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge invalidated the law, ruling that the state, not the city, has jurisdiction over petroleum production. — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026