Thesaurus: invalid

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1. a. Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.
2. a. Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement.
3. a. A person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one in chronic ill health.
4. n. Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid daughter.
5. v. t. To make or render invalid or infirm.
6. v. t. To classify or enroll as an invalid.
7. adj. having no cogency or legal force
8. adj. no longer valid
9. n. someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
10. v. force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen
11. v. injure permanently
12. 1. Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak. 2. (Law) Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement. A person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one in chronic ill health. Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid daughter. 1. To make or render invalid or infirm. "Invalided, bent, and almost blind." Dickens. 2. To classify or enroll as an invalid. Peace coming, he was invalided on half pay. Carlyle.