Definitions for Invalid
ˈɪn və lɪd; Brit. -ˌlidin·valid

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. invalid, shut-inadjective

   someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury

2. invalidadjective

   having no cogency or legal force

   "invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license"

3. invalidverb

   no longer valid

   "the license is invalid"

4. invalidverb

   force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen

5. disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicapverb

   injure permanently

   "He was disabled in a car accident"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. invalidnoun

   One who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury

2. invalidnoun

   Any person with a disability.

3. invalidverb

   To exempt from duty because of injury or ill health.

   He was invalided home after the car crash.

4. invalidadjective

   Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.

5. invalidadjective

   Intended for use by an invalid.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. INVALIDadjective

   Weak; of no weight or cogency.

   Etymology: invalide, Fr. invalidus, Latin.

   But this I urge,
   Admitting motion in the heav'ns, to shew
   Invalid, that which thee to doubt it mov'd. John Milton.

2. Invalid enoun

   One disabled by sickness or hurts.

   Etymology: Fr.

   What beggar in the invalides,
   With lameness broke, with blindness smitten,
   Wish'd ever decently to die? Matthew Prior.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. invalid

   Invalid generally refers to something that is not true, correct, acceptable or legally recognized. It denotes a lack of soundness, cogency, or legality, rendering something ineffective or useless. The term can pertain to many different contexts such as invalid data, invalid argument, invalid passport etc. Its meaning can vary slightly based on the specific use case.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Invalidadjective

   of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak

2. Invalidadjective

   having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement

3. Invalidadjective

   a person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one in chronic ill health

4. Invalidnoun

   not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid daughter

5. Invalidverb

   to make or render invalid or infirm

6. Invalidverb

   to classify or enroll as an invalid

7. Etymology: [See Invalid, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. invalid

   The name invalid is reserved by the Internet Engineering Task Force in RFC 2606 as a domain name that may not be installed as a top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Invalid

   in-val′id, adj. without value, weight, or cogency: having no effect: void: null.—adj. In′valid, deficient in health, sick, weak.—n. one who is weak: a sickly person: one disabled for active service, esp. a soldier or sailor.—v.t. to make invalid or affect with disease: to enrol on the list of invalids.—v.t. Inval′idāte, to render invalid: to weaken or destroy the force of.—ns. Invalidā′tion; In′validhood, In′validism; In′validing, the return home, or to a more healthy climate, of soldiers or sailors who have been rendered incapable of active duty by wounds or the severity of foreign service; Invalid′ity, Inval′idness, want of cogency: want of force.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. invalid

   A maimed or sick soldier or sailor.--To invalid is to cause to retire from active service from inability.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. invalid

   A soldier who has been wounded, or has suffered in his health, and in consequence of his good conduct has been recommended to a certain provision for life. Chelsea Hospital is the place allotted for the reception of such objects of public gratitude and benevolence in England; the Soldiers’ Home, in Washington, D. C., in the United States, and the Hôtel des Invalides, at Paris, France. In England numbers of invalids are, however, allowed to reside where they choose, and are then known as “out-pensioners.”

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How to pronounce Invalid?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Invalid in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Invalid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Invalid in a Sentence

1. Robert Leider:

   If the warrant turns out to be invalid, evidence may still be admitted as long as law enforcement reasonably relied on the warrant when conducting the search, courts will only throw out evidence if the underlying affidavit unquestionably failed to establish probable cause, the warrant failed to specify the place to be searched or the things to be seized, law enforcement lied to get the warrant, or the presiding judge abandoned his judicial role.

2. Andrea Kavanagh:

   It's not just hurting the stocks. It's making the study of them invalid.

3. Jeff Flake:

   I must also say that separate and apart from this nomination and the facts that pertain to it, I do not believe that the claim of sexual assault is invalid because a 15-year-old girl didn't promptly report the assault to the authorities, as the President of the United States said just two days ago.

4. Thomas Sowell:

   To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process

5. Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler:

   Well, the questions we will ask Attorney General Matt Whitaker will be about Attorney General Matt Whitaker expressed hostility to the investigation, how Attorney General Matt Whitaker can possibly supervise it when Attorney General Matt Whitaker's expressed, when Attorney General Matt Whitaker's come out and said that the investigation is invalid.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Invalid
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Invalid
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Invalid
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Invalid
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Invalid
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Invalid
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Invalid
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html