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Some, including Robinhood and SoFi, say they will disallow or limit allocations for people who have participated in IPOs in the past and have “flipped” shares, selling them within 30 days of the offering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The insertion of a Montana ZIP code will disallow the user from placing a bet or receiving a cash prize.

From Washington Times • Nov. 15, 2015

Unionists seem to have concluded that it is senseless to march the picket lines for weeks in order to win fat raises that the Pay Board will disallow.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then straightway turned he from it hastily, As dream that waking sense will disallow; And while the highway heavenward paled apace, He went on westward to his dwelling-place.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean