disallow
verb (used with object)
to refuse to allow; reject; veto.
has disallowed
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present perfectof disallow (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The U.S. has disallowed more than 20 Iraqi banks from dealing in dollars as part of the campaign.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2024
And France previously allowed citizens living abroad to cast their vote online in legislative elections, but has disallowed this for the upcoming June legislative elections amid cyber-security concerns.
From BBC ● May 29, 2017
The previous times the Supreme Court has disallowed so-called political restructuring, Bursch said, was when governmental bodies or voters had taken action against proposals designed to prevent discrimination.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2013
The court has disallowed student-led prayer and graduation prayers by a clergyman--both of which he supported.
From Time Magazine Archive
A century of criticism has disallowed Sterne’s claim as a prophet, but unquestionably he received in Germany the honors which a foreign land proverbially accords.
From Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century by Harvey W. (Harvey Waterman) Hewett-Thayer
