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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Four years ago in Qatar, only one goal was disallowed after 70 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
They had a second goal disallowed before they got their second goal for an infringement that was almost on their own touchline.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
In an incident-packed game, Egypt goalkeeper Mostafa Shobeir produced a magnificent save to keep out Messi's penalty before the Pharaohs thought they had scored another only for it to be disallowed.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
But Casemiro's vulnerability in open space was always a problem - clear in the second minute when Norway had a goal disallowed.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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
