invalidity

¹ American  

[in-vuh-lid-i-tee] / ˌɪn vəˈlɪd ɪ ti /

noun

1. lack of validity.

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invalidity ² American  

[in-vuh-lid-i-tee] / ˌɪn vəˈlɪd ɪ ti /

noun

1. invalidism.

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Etymology

Origin of invalidity¹

From the Medieval Latin word invaliditās, dating back to 1540–50. See invalid ², -ity

Origin of invalidity²

First recorded in 1905–10; invalid ¹ + -ity

Example Sentences

Nevertheless, it was not long before the People seriously reflected upon the Invalidity of the Matter, into which their Gold and Silver was transform’d, and the Hurry to the Bank abated.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

"On the Invalidity of a late or death-bed Repentance."

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Also, when he may lawfully performe, and doth not, it is not the Invalidity of the Covenant, that absolveth him, but the Sentence of the Soveraign.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas

Related Words

• deficiency
• failing
• flaw
• fragility
• frailty
• gap
• instability
• lack
• lapse
• shortcoming
• vulnerability