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disallow

[ dis-uh-lou ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to refuse to allow; reject; veto:

    to disallow a claim for compensation.

  2. to refuse to admit the truth or validity of:

    to disallow the veracity of a report.



disallow

/ ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ /

verb

  1. to reject as untrue or invalid
  2. to cancel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌdisalˈlowance, noun
  • ˌdisalˈlowable, adjective
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Other Words From

  • disal·lowa·ble adjective
  • disal·lowa·ble·ness noun
  • disal·lowance noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disallow1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Old French word desallouer. See dis- 1, allow
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Example Sentences

The Capitals had an early goal disallowed after replay review, and the contest went to the third period scoreless.

Stefanski can’t coach the Browns remotely because the NFL has long disallowed any outside communication into games between kickoff and the final whistle.

As significantly, by the end of 2022, Google will disallow the use of so-called third-party cookies on Chrome, the Google browser that accounts for more than 60% of global Internet use.

From Fortune

Meanwhile, California’s 2015 law disallows using the Washington Football Team’s former name or logo and bans schools from buying new equipment featuring that branding, but it allows them to continue using existing equipment until it wears out.

And, you know, this country, the world really, has such a complicated history when it comes to drugs that are allowed or disallowed.

I refuse to disallow the Palestinians the right to their pain or their narrative, either.

I refuse to disallow my people our right to our pain, or to our joy.

I was opposed to this project, and besought the Viceroy to disallow it.

The physical history of our globe is a study the importance of which no one at the present day is likely to disallow.

They disallow that the good Samaritan and the Levite had exactly the same exterior stimuli.

The Secretary of State may at any time disallow or suspend any certificate given under this section.

Both the First and the Second Alkibiadês appear to me genuine, even upon the showing of those very critics who disallow them.

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