All invalidity synonyms
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I i noun invalidity
- defect β A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
- injury β harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- impairment β the state of being diminished, weakened, or damaged, especially mentally or physically: cognitive impairment in older adults.
- ailment β An ailment is an illness, especially one that is not very serious.
- infirmity β a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age.
- defect β A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
- falsehood β a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
- deception β Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- misinterpretation β An instance of misinterpreting.
- untruth β the state or character of being untrue.
- heresy β opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
- paradox β a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
- inconsistency β the quality or condition of being inconsistent.
- vulnerability β capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
- lapse β an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
- fragility β easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- gap β a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
- deficiency β Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
- shortcoming β a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- frailty β the quality or state of being frail.
- instability β the quality or state of being unstable; lack of stability or firmness.
- failing β Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
- weakness β the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
- unfit β not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable: He was unfit for his office.
- lack β something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
- incapacity β lack of ability, qualification, or strength; incapability.
- inexperience β lack of experience.
- drawback β a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- incompetency β the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
- affliction β An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
- inability β lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
- detriment β If something happens to the detriment of something or to a person's detriment, it causes harm or damage to them.
- disqualification β an act or instance of disqualifying.
- cavil β If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
- perversion β the act of perverting.
- delusion β A delusion is a false idea.
- miscalculation β An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgment.
- bias β Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
- casuistry β Casuistry is the use of clever arguments to persuade or trick people.
- artifice β Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- quirk β a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism: He is full of strange quirks.
- ambiguity β If you say that there is ambiguity in something, you mean that it is unclear or confusing, or it can be understood in more than one way.
- speciousness β apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- sophistry β a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
- deviation β Deviation means doing something that is different from what people consider to be normal or acceptable.
- flaw β Also called windflaw. a sudden, usually brief windstorm or gust of wind.
- misapprehension β misunderstanding.
- aberration β An aberration is an incident or way of behaving that is not typical.
- solecism β a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
- preconception β a conception or opinion formed beforehand.