invalids
Those requiring care
Invalids has two pronunciations with different meanings.
With stress on the first syllable, invalids are people weakened by illness or injury, often requiring ongoing care: The hospital ward was full of invalids.
With stress on the second syllable, invalids is a verb meaning to nullify or make void: The court invalids contracts obtained through fraud.
To invalid someone out (British) is to discharge them from military service due to disability.
Unable to leave mattress
- convalescentOne recovering from illness
- incapacitatedMade unable to act
- infirmWeak in body
- debilitatedMade weak or infirm
ailing · hospitalized · recuperating · wheelchair-bound · homebound · housebound · immobilized · prostrate
Unfit for purpose
- inoperativeNot able to function
- corruptedMade impure or dishonest
- brokenDamaged beyond function
- faultyHaving defects or errors
malfunctioning · unworkable · failed · nonfunctional · glitched · bugged · crashed · expired
Not officially permitted
- fraudulentInvolving intentional dishonesty
- forgedMade by smithing, or faked
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- spuriousFalse though appearing genuine
illegitimate · bogus · fake · falsified · improper · irregular · unverified · unauthenticated
bedridden
Unable to leave mattress
- convalescentOne recovering from illness
- incapacitatedMade unable to act
- infirmWeak in body
debilitated · ailing · hospitalized · recuperating · wheelchair-bound · homebound · housebound · immobilized · prostrate · indisposed
unusable
Unfit for purpose
- inoperativeNot able to function
- corruptedMade impure or dishonest
- brokenDamaged beyond function
faulty · malfunctioning · unworkable · failed · nonfunctional · glitched · bugged · crashed · expired · rejected
unauthorized
Not officially permitted
- fraudulentInvolving intentional dishonesty
- forgedMade by smithing, or faked
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
spurious · illegitimate · bogus · fake · falsified · improper · irregular · unverified · unauthenticated · unlicensed
voided
Made legally ineffective
nullified · rescinded · invalidated · overturned · quashed · repealed · negated · vacated · abrogated · disallowed
- populationspatients, inpatients, outpatients, elderly patients, stroke patients
- sanatoriumssanatorium, patients, tuberculosis, TB, rest cure
- invalidsinfirm, bedridden, incapacitated, patient, patients
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- patientspatient, inpatients, inpatient, outpatients, outpatient
- unfortunatesvictims, unfortunate, wretch, poor soul, lost soul
- invalid argumentReasoning that doesn't hold
- invalid marriageUnion without legal standing
- invalid ballotVoid election submission
- invalid addressNonexistent or incorrect destination
- invalid inputRejected submission type
- invalid entryUnacceptable submitted data
invalid, invalidate, invalidity, invalidation, invalided, invalidism, invalidations