invalidity
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of invalidity1
From the Medieval Latin word invaliditās, dating back to 1540–50. See invalid 2, -ity
Origin of invalidity2
Example Sentences
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The court has suspended its declaration of invalidity for three years, giving parliament time to amend the current laws to align with its judgement.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
Young voters typically vote in primaries in vanishingly small numbers, comparable only to the size of the post-80 crowd, whose statistics are decimated by invalidity and death.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025
“It’s not just that they haven’t made a compelling case for constitutional invalidity in this application, they’ve made absolutely no case for it,” Begbie said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 25, 2023
“The fundamental conclusions are the invalidity of the death certificate when it comes to cachexia as a cause of death,” Aurelio Luna, one of the panel’s experts, said at that time.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
The clergy only assented to the declaration of invalidity; to threaten the holy father with their resistance, they considered unbecoming.
From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke
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