invalidated
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Deprived of legal force or validity: Declared or made no longer legally binding, effective, or enforceable.
- Nullified or canceled: Rendered void, often as a result of an official decision or a flaw.
Usage
- The word "invalidated" is used to describe something (like a law, contract, ticket, license, or result) that has been officially canceled or made no longer valid. It is often used in legal, administrative, and formal contexts.
- It typically functions as an adjective modifying a noun (e.g., an invalidated license) or as a past participle in passive constructions (e.g., The law was invalidated by the court).
Examples
- Adjective:
- The court's ruling left the old contract invalidated.
- Travelers with invalidated passports will not be allowed to board the flight.
- The election results were invalidated due to widespread fraud.
Advanced Usage
- "to feel invalidated": Although the core meaning is legal, in psychological or emotional contexts, it can be used metaphorically to mean having one's feelings or experiences dismissed or made to seem unimportant.
- His concerns were completely invalidated by the management, making him feel unheard.
Variants and Related Words
- Invalidate (verb): To make something legally or officially unacceptable or void.
- The judge can invalidate the agreement.
- Invalidation (noun): The act of invalidating.
- The invalidation of the will caused a family dispute.
- Invalid (adjective): Not legally or officially acceptable; not true or acceptable because of incorrect facts or logic.
- Your parking permit is invalid in this zone.
Synonyms
- Nullified: Made legally null and void.
- Voided: Rendered invalid.
- Revoked: Officially canceled (e.g., a license).
- Annulled: Declared invalid, especially a marriage.
Antonyms
- Validated: Confirmed or made legally valid.
- Ratified: Formally approved and made valid.
- Enforced: Kept in effect or operation.
Adjective
- deprived of legal force