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invalidated

invalidated

6.3
Not legally valid and cannot be used in court
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈvælɪˌdeɪtɪd/
  • Formal
translation icon : anulado
  • The court declared the previous ruling invalidated, meaning it no longer had legal force.

In either case, the test would be invalidated, right?

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Examples

  • After the scandal was revealed, the agreement was invalidated and all parties were affected.

  • Due to several errors in the document, it was invalidated and required a complete rewrite.

  • You feel bad, you are invalidated, you feel anxious and less than.

  • You may feel as though your very real fears are invalidated and the stakes are too high.

  • The things that we hold dear and know how to do have been invalidated so that we don't even trust ourselves.

  • The only way that you are invalidated is because of the fact that you don't honor yourself.

  • And the only way the contract can be in in can be invalidated is that Ursula has to be murdered by Prince Eric at the end of the movie.

  • This is historically invalidated, but a very coherent and very persuasive kind of argument.

Synonyms

invalid
vsinvalidated
  • Formal
69 4.7

Not accepted by law or no longer in effect

is framed as a status of having lost legal force officially
null and void
vsinvalidated
  • Formal
12 4.8

Not legally valid or binding

is the idea of loss of legal force plus official declaration
nullified
vsinvalidated
  • Formal
6.5

Made no longer valid by law

is about losing legal force and being officially declared so
to brought to nought
vsinvalidated
  • Archaic
7.9

Make something fail completely so it has no effect

focuses on loss of legal force rather than general destruction

Antonyms

validated
  • Formal
4.2

Officially checked and accepted as correct or legal

How Valid

valid
348 3.1
invalidated
  • Formal
6.3
unenforceable
  • Formal
7 7.7

Surface Forms

invalidated positive

Morphology

invalidated = invalidate (semi-transparent) = in + valid + ate + ed

The adjective is a regular -ed form of the verb 'invalidate' meaning 'made invalid'.

Etymology

Invalidated comes from the parts in- ('not') and valid ('strong' or 'acceptable'), the same root you see in valid. Think of it like crossing out a 'Valid' stamp—when something is invalidated it is made 'not valid' and loses its legal force.