invalid
Any person with a disability or illnessAny person with a disability or illness.
» Do I look like an invalid?
Хіба я виглядаю, як інвалід?
Meaning
3 senses(dated, offensive, sometimes)Any person with a disability or illness.
Invalide, Invalidin, Bettlägriger
инвали́дinvalíd, инвали́дкаinvalídka, инвали́дinvalíd
інвалі́дinvalíd, інвалі́дкаinvalídka, інвалі́дinvalíd
(dated, offensive, sometimes)A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves.
someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
(archaic)A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury.
Examples
25 sentencesDo I look like an invalid?
Хіба я виглядаю, як інвалід?
As of tomorrow, this e-mail address will be invalid.
If you were forced to sign the contract, it's invalid.
If you were forced to sign that contract, then it's invalid.
If you were forced to sign it, the contract is invalid.
deWenn man zur Unterschrift genötigt wurde, ist der Vertrag ungültig.
Translations
9 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“noBorrowed from Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”).
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Forms
plural: invalidsSynonyms
1 synonyms- someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury:shut-in