invalid
To exempt from duty because of injury or ill healthTo exempt from (often military) duty because of injury or ill health.
» Do I look like an invalid?
Хіба я виглядаю, як інвалід?
Meaning
2 senses(UK, transitive)To exempt from (often military) duty because of injury or ill health.
He was invalided home after the car crash.
(transitive)To make invalid or affect with disease.
- force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen
- injure permanently
Examples
25 sentencesDo I look like an invalid?
Хіба я виглядаю, як інвалід? — deniko
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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
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
invalids, invaliding, invalided, invalidedSynonyms
3 synonyms- injure permanently:disableincapacitatehandicap
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle