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invalid

/ɪnˈvæl.ɪd/ adjective B2
  1. Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable, or appropriate. · Your argument is invalid because it uses circular reasoning.· This invalid contract cannot be legally enforced.
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“Thanks,” murmured the invalid, extending one hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 182 · C1
On the third night after Brunton’s disappearance, the nurse, finding her patient sleeping nicely, had dropped into a nap in the armchair, when she woke in the early morning to find the bed empty, the window open, and no signs of the invalid.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 13 · B2
I say normal cases, because ill-health and physical weakness reproduce the signs of old age, even when the invalid is a youth.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 50 · B2
The stout young man had left us, but his sister still remained with her hand in that of the invalid.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 61 · B2

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