invalids

present tense third-person singular of invalid

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for invalids
Verb
  • Warming caused by fossil fuel emissions harms the natural world and people, especially the poor and future generations.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
  • People with Alzheimer’s can experience abnormal glutamate activity that harms nerve cells, but memantine helps stunt that impact, potentially slowing symptoms that make day-to-day life more challenging.
    Alisa Hrustic, SELF, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
    Southern California Weather Report, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Neuroscience research has shown that stress impairs the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for logical decision-making.
    Margie Warrell, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The idea of festivals just exhausts me.
    Meg Zukin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
  • If Le Pen exhausts the appeals process and truly cannot run for the presidency in 2027, the party already has an obvious candidate-in-waiting in Jordan Bardella.
    Cole Stangler, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Invalids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invalids. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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