invalidate
verb (used with object)
to render invalid; discredit.
is invalidating
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present progressiveof invalidate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“The reality is that, especially for our transgender, two-spirit and non-binary youth, it is invalidating their existence, invalidating their identity and it is creating spaces in which they don’t feel safe coming out,” VonLindern said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 11, 2021
“Censoring photography is invalidating it as an art form,” said Joanne Leah, a Brooklyn-based photographer who estimates that she has about one post removed every month.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2019
