invalidity
noun
  1. Lack of validity or cogency; lack of legal force or efficacy; invalidness.
    the invalidity of an agreement or of a will
  2. (obsolete) Lack of health; infirmity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. More at Wordnik
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Merriam-Webster
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INVALIDITY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of INVALIDITY is lack of validity or cogency. How to use invalidity in a sentence.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Invalidity Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
British : the state or condition of being unable to work because of illness or injury : the state or condition of being an invalid
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Reddit
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r/disability on Reddit: Is it me or is being called an invalid as a disabled person super offensive
March 3, 2023 - And give a whole sermon on how disabled people were called "in valids" in the Bible because that's how society viewed them in biblical times...... As people who's existence wasn't valid. Nope. Look up the actual Latin roots of words and the original Greek version of the Bible. They meant invalid, not "in valid".
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Longman
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invalidity | meaning of invalidity in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE
Word family (noun) validity ≠ ... disabilityinvalidityin‧va‧lid‧it‧y /ˌɪnvəˈlɪdəti/ AWL noun [uncountable] formal 1 MIthe state of being too ill, old, or injured to work invalidity benefit2 ILLEGALthe state of being not legally or officially acceptable...
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Cambridge Dictionary
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INVALIDITY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
INVALIDITY meaning: 1. the condition of not being legally or officially acceptable 2. the condition of being too ill to…. Learn more.
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Dictionary.com
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INVALIDITY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
INVALIDITY definition: lack of validity. See examples of invalidity used in a sentence.
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Vocabulary.com
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Invalid - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
A driver's license that has expired is invalid — it needs to be renewed. If you lost your health insurance, it's invalid. People who are called invalids are disabled or incapacitated severely.
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TheFreeDictionary.com
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Invalidity - definition of invalidity by The Free Dictionary
Define invalidity. invalidity synonyms, invalidity pronunciation, invalidity translation, English dictionary definition of invalidity. n. One who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or disability. adj.
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Longman Dictionary
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invalidity | Definition from the Illness & disability topic | Illness ...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinvalidityin‧va‧lid‧it‧y /ˌɪnvəˈlɪdəti/ AWL noun [uncountable] formal 1 MIthe state of being too ill, old, or injured to work invalidity benefit2 ILLEGALthe state of being not legally or officially acceptable
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Collins Dictionary
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INVALID definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
An invalid is someone who is very ill or disabled and needs to be cared for by someone else.
Published   March 26, 2018
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Wikipedia
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Invalid - Wikipedia
January 4, 2026 - Look up invalid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... one who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury (sometimes considered a politically incorrect term)
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Dictionary.com
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INVALID Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
INVALID definition: an infirm or sickly person. See examples of invalid used in a sentence.
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Wikipedia
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Invalidity Benefit - Wikipedia
February 15, 2025 - As well as this, a paper published in the Journal of Public Health Medicine argued that people with mild mental disorders were increasingly likely to claim Invalidity Benefit, and showed that the rate of people claiming Invalidity Benefit where their main disability was Depression or Anxiety had grown rapidly between 1985 and 1995, but that there was a much smaller increase in claims over the same period for potentially more disabling mental disorders, such as psychosis.
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Diversity Style Guide
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invalid – Diversity Style Guide
February 5, 2016 - The Oxford English dictionary defines invalid as “a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury.” It is probably the oldest term for someone with physical conditions that are considered seriously limiting.
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Quora
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What is an invalid? - Quora
Answer (1 of 8): What is an invalid? First, the correct pronunciation. [1] When used this way, for a person who is an invalid or sickly, it does not mean in-valid, as in “not valid.” When we mean not valid, we pronounce invalid with the accent on the middle syllable like so: in VAL id.
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Merriam-Webster
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INVALIDITY Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Synonyms for INVALIDITY: invalidism, feebleness, infirmity, debility, disease, lameness, decrepitude, dysfunction; Antonyms of INVALIDITY: health, soundness, rehabilitation, wellness, recovery, healthiness, wholeness, wholesomeness
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Merriam-Webster
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INVALID Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
not valid:; being without foundation or force in fact, truth, or law; logically inconsequent… See the full definition