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disinvite

American  
[dis-in-vahyt] / ˌdɪs ɪnˈvaɪt /

verb (used with object)

disinvited, disinviting
  1. to withdraw an invitation to.


Etymology

Origin of disinvite

First recorded in 1570–80; dis- 1 + invite


Example Sentences

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After the hounding of Diana by the paparazzi, he says he personally rang tabloid newspaper editors to disinvite them from the Abbey funeral, after their invitations had already been sent out.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The United States put pressure on France to disinvite the South African president to the G7 summit in the French town of Evian in June, the South Africsan presidency told AFP Thursday.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

“It’s a misstep today,” Kasten said about the decision to disinvite the Sisters, “but I am happy we have an opportunity to correct it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023

More than 7,000 students at the university in Fairfax have signed a petition to disinvite Mr. Youngkin from the school’s May graduation ceremony.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

Knowing this, I would like to disinvite him.

From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2021

Australia initially disinvited its choice, artist Khaled Sabsabi, for including a Hezbollah leader in one of his ironic video works created years ago—but reinvited him after a national outcry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

You could count up the faces on the event poster, but that leaves out the performers who agreed to do the festival but were disinvited, such as Tim Dillon.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2025

Dan Kaszeta was disinvited from the event in April, but said he was not told which posts had led to the move.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2023

After the Dodgers disinvited the group last week, the Los Angeles SPI chapter said the team “capitulated to hateful and misleading information” and insisted it was “not anti-Catholic” while touting its charity work.

From Washington Times ● May 22, 2023

That is why I am going to the banquet; also why I have disinvited the boys I thought I was going to punch billiards with, upstairs to-night.

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) by Albert Bigelow Paine

Australia's leading Adelaide Festival is battling a slew of artist withdrawals and board resignations after disinviting a Palestinian-Australian author citing "cultural sensitivities" raised by the Bondi Beach shooting.

From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026

“We made a mistake,” Dodgers team president Stan Kasten said Monday about disinviting the Sisters.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023

He made a show of publicly disinviting them after Stephen Curry, the team’s star, said he wasn’t interested in going.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2023

On Monday, the American Association for the Advancement of Science said it was disinviting Lander, who was scheduled to speak at its annual meeting next week.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2022

“By allowing the nine or 10 to show up and by heaping praise on the team, I think the president would have helped himself a lot more than by simply disinviting them,” he said.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2018

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