disallow
verb (used with object)
to refuse to allow; reject; veto.
disallowed
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past participleof disallow.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof disallow.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
disallowverb (used with object)to refuse to allow; reject; veto.
Example Sentences
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It disallowed him from flying, made him take a deradicalization program and gave him an administrative job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Denmark dominated early on and Mikkel Damsgaard fired against the post shortly after Isaksen had a goal disallowed for offside.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
A rule promulgated in 2011 disallowed swaps tied to “gaming,” which the agency says includes bets on sports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
United can feel hard done by because City's winner should have been disallowed, but City were the better team with 10 men.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
I was disallowed the use of the house’s library, for fear that liberty amongst the volumes there would allow me to study and so unfairly prejudice the results of the experiment.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
