invalid
$ \mathrm{invalid}^1 |ˈinvələd|
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noun
(介護を要する)病弱者, 病人, 老齢者; 傷病兵.
病弱な〈人など〉; 病人用の〈車など〉.
e.g. as modifier : an invalid husband.
⦅主に英⦆ 〈兵士が〉(負傷・病気のため) «…から» 現役を免除される, 送還される(home, out) «of» .
e.g. he was badly wounded and invalided out of the infantry.
〈人が〉病気になる
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mid 17th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘infirm or disabled’): a special sense of invalid2, with a change of pronunciation. $ \mathrm{invalid}^2 |inˈvaləd|
adjective
〈免許・契約などが〉(法的に)無効の(↔ valid) e.g. the vote was declared invalid due to a technicality.
〈理由・主張などが〉根拠がない
e.g. a comparison is invalid if we are not comparing like with like.
〘コンピュ〙 無効の, 受け付けられない
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