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invalid

/ɪnˈvælɪd/adjective

उच्चारण इन्वैलिड

अमान्य, अवैध

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adjective
  1. 1

    not legally or officially acceptable

    अमान्य, अवैध

    • Your ticket is invalid without a stamp.
    • The election was declared invalid.
    • The card was declared invalid because it had expired.
    + 2 more examples
    • An unsigned form is invalid.
    • Their marriage was held invalid under the old law.

    Synonyms void null and void illegal unlawful expired

    Opposite valid legal lawful legitimate

  2. 2

    not based on all the facts, and therefore not correct

    निराधार, तर्कहीन

    • an invalid argument
    • The senator's reasoning was invalid because it ignored the main facts of the case.
    • The invalid conclusion came from a few weak facts.
    + 2 more examples
    • Her argument is invalid because it contradicts known data.
    • Critics called the survey's findings invalid.

    Synonyms false unsound fallacious baseless illogical

    Opposite valid sound logical

noun/ˈɪnvəlɪd/
  1. 1

    [C]

    a person who needs other people to take care of them, because of illness that they have had for a long time

    बीमार, अपाहिज व्यक्ति

    • She cared for her invalid mother for years.
    • The invalid in the corner bed had been unable to walk for years.
    • The invalid needed help to get out of bed.
    + 2 more examples
    • He wheeled the invalid into the garden every evening.
    • In the old novel, an invalid sat by the window all day.

    Synonyms patient sufferer convalescent

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

invalid (adjective, stress on -val-)

As an adjective, invalid means not legally acceptable or not correct; it is pronounced with stress on the second syllable.

विशेषण के रूप में 'invalid' का अर्थ है कानूनी रूप से अमान्य या गलत; इसका उच्चारण दूसरे syllable पर बल देकर होता है।

  • The ticket was invalid because it had expired.
  • His argument is invalid because the facts are wrong.

invalid for sth / invalid as sth

Use for to say what purpose something cannot serve, and as to say what it cannot be treated as.

किस उद्देश्य के लिए कोई चीज़ अमान्य है, यह बताने के लिए 'for' और किस रूप में अमान्य है, यह बताने के लिए 'as' का प्रयोग होता है।

  • This form is invalid for travel abroad.
  • A photocopy is invalid as proof of identity.

invalid (noun, stress on in-)

As a noun, an invalid is a person weakened by illness or injury; it is stressed on the first syllable and sounds old-fashioned.

संज्ञा के रूप में 'invalid' बीमारी या चोट से कमज़ोर व्यक्ति है; इसका बल पहले syllable पर होता है और यह कुछ पुराना शब्द लगता है।

  • After the accident he lived as an invalid for years.

render / declare + sth + invalid

Use render, declare or make before invalid to say that something is made or officially stated to be of no effect.

किसी चीज़ को अमान्य बना देने या घोषित करने के लिए 'invalid' से पहले render, declare या make आता है।

  • The court declared the election invalid.
  • A missing signature renders the form invalid.
+Collocations 4

invalid + noun

ticketpasswordclaimargumentvotepassport

  • The machine rejected the card because the PIN was invalid.

verb + invalid

declarerenderconsiderprovefind

  • The tribunal found the contract invalid.

adverb + invalid

legallytechnicallycompletelyclearlylogically

  • The marriage was legally invalid.

become/be + invalid

becomebe ruledbe treated asautomatically become

  • The offer becomes invalid after 31 March.
“More examples 5
  • Your admit card is invalid without the principal's signature.

प्रधानाचार्य के हस्ताक्षर के बिना आपका admit card अमान्य है।

  • The website said the email address was invalid.

वेबसाइट ने बताया कि email address अमान्य है।

  • A conclusion drawn from one example is logically invalid.

केवल एक उदाहरण से निकाला गया निष्कर्ष तर्क की दृष्टि से अमान्य है।

  • Over 200 votes were declared invalid in the counting.

मतगणना में 200 से अधिक वोट अमान्य घोषित किए गए।

  • His grandfather, an invalid for years, rarely left the house.

उनके दादाजी, जो वर्षों से रोगी थे, घर से शायद ही कभी बाहर निकलते थे।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ The candidate's nomination was declared as invalid.

✓ The candidate's nomination was declared invalid.

Declare takes the complement directly, with no 'as'.

'Declare' के बाद complement सीधे आता है, बीच में 'as' नहीं आता।

✗ It is a invalid ticket.

✓ It is an invalid ticket.

Invalid begins with a vowel sound, so the article is an.

'Invalid' स्वर ध्वनि से शुरू होता है, इसलिए article 'an' आएगा।

✗ The form is invalid, so please fill the another form.

✓ The form is invalid, so please fill in another form.

Another already contains the article, so the is not used; fill in a form is the usual phrasal verb.

'Another' में article पहले से शामिल है, इसलिए 'the' नहीं लगता।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

These words describe things that do not count, but they differ in why.

ये शब्द उन चीज़ों का वर्णन करते हैं जो मान्य नहीं हैं, पर कारण अलग-अलग होते हैं।

invalid

Not acceptable by law or rules, or not logically sound.

कानून या नियमों से अस्वीकार्य, या तर्क की दृष्टि से अनुचित।

  • An expired passport is invalid.

void

Having no legal force at all, as if it never existed; used mainly in law.

जिसका कोई कानूनी प्रभाव ही न हो, मानो वह कभी था ही नहीं; मुख्यतः कानून में प्रयुक्त।

  • The court held the agreement void.

obsolete

No longer used because something newer has replaced it; it is about age, not rules.

अब प्रयोग में नहीं क्योंकि उसकी जगह कुछ नया आ गया है; यह पुरानेपन की बात है, नियमों की नहीं।

  • Floppy disks are now obsolete.
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
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in·val·id

§Grammar and usage

Adjective inVALid (not legally acceptable) and noun INvalid (a sick person).

Stress अक्सर पूछा जाता है: adjective inVALid (कानूनी रूप से अस्वीकार्य) और noun INvalid (बीमार व्यक्ति)।

The verb invalidate means to make something invalid.

Verb invalidate का अर्थ 'अमान्य करना' है।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Null and void (legally invalid), an invalid passport, invalid vote.

Collocations: null and void (कानूनी रूप से अमान्य), an invalid passport, invalid vote।