Not legally binding or legally effective; not
valid.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
invalid (adjective)
not valid
a) being without foundation or force in fact, truth, or law - an invalid assumption declared the will invalid
b) logically inconsequent
invalid (adjective)
1.
suffering from disease or disability - sickly
2.
of, relating to, or suited to one that is sick - an invalid chair
invalid (noun)
one who is sickly or disabled
invalid (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to remove from active duty by reason of sickness or disability
2.
to make sickly or disabled
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
invalid (adjective)
chronically or repeatedly suffering from poor health
SYNONYMS:
ailing, invalid, weakly
RELATED WORDS:
bedfast, bedridden; delicate, fragile, frail; dying, fading, incurable, moribund; challenged, debilitated, incapacitated, lame; decrepit, enfeebled, feeble, infirm, weak, weakened, worn-out; ill, indisposed, peaked, poorly, run-down, sick, unhealthy, unsound, unwell
NEAR ANTONYMS:
able-bodied, fit, hale, hearty, sound, well-conditioned, whole, wholesome
healthy, well
invalid (adjective)
1.
having no legal or binding force
SYNONYMS:
bad, inoperative, invalid, nonbinding, nonvalid, nugatory, null and void, void
RELATED WORDS:
illegal; useless, worthless; ineffective, ineffectual
NEAR ANTONYMS:
legal; working
binding, good, valid
invalid (adjective)
2.
not being in agreement with what is true
SYNONYMS:
erroneous, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid, off, unsound, untrue, untruthful, wrong
RELATED WORDS:
counterfactual; specious, spurious; deceptive, delusive, delusory, distorted, fallacious, fictitious, illusory, misleading; amiss, askew, awry; deceitful, dishonest, fraudulent, lying, mendacious; unconfirmed, unproven, untested; fabricated, invented, made-up, trumped-up
NEAR ANTONYMS:
confirmed, demonstrated, established, proven, tested; faultless, flawless, impeccable, letter-perfect, perfect
accurate, correct, errorless, exact, factual, precise, proper, right, sound, true, valid, veracious
invalid (adjective)
3.
not using or following good reasoning
SYNONYMS:
fallacious, illegitimate, inconsequent, inconsequential, invalid, irrational, nonrational, unreasonable, unreasoning, unsound, weak
RELATED WORDS:
eristic ( eristical), misleading, sophistic ( sophistical), specious; half-baked, ill-advised, misguided, unconsidered, unreasoned; inconsistent; absurd, asinine, foolish, meaningless, nonsensical, preposterous, reasonless, senseless, silly; Kafkaesque, odd, peculiar, strange, surreal, unusual, weird; insane, mad, nutty, wacky ( whacky); disordered, disorganized, rambling, random; unconvincing; inexplicable, unaccountable, unexplainable
NEAR ANTONYMS:
commonsense, sane, sensible, sober, wise; enlightened, informed, just, justified, reasoned; ordered, organized; clear, cogent, compelling, convincing, credible, persuasive, plausible, satisfying, solid; certain, sure, true; confirmed, corroborated, demonstrated, established, substantiated, validated
logical, rational, reasonable, sound, valid, well-founded, well-grounded
invalid (adjective)
4.
having no basis in reason or fact
SYNONYMS:
baseless, foundationless, invalid, nonvalid, unfounded, unreasonable, unsubstantiated, unsupported, unwarranted
RELATED WORDS:
illogical, irrational, nonlogical, unconscionable, unsound; fallacious, false, misled, wrong; gratuitous, uncalled-for, unnecessary; flimsy, implausible, misleading, specious, unconvincing, untenable, weak; ill-advised, unreasoned; inconsistent; absurd, asinine, brainless, crackpot, crazy, fatuous, foolish, half-witted, harebrained, meaningless, nonsensical, preposterous, senseless, silly, simpleminded, stupid, unwise; insane, lunatic, mad, nutty, wacky ( whacky)
NEAR ANTONYMS:
certified, validated, verified; confirmed, corroborated; informed, logical, rational; commonsense, sane, sensible, sober, wise; actual, genuine, real, true; certain, sure; clear, cogent, compelling, convincing, credible, persuasive, plausible, satisfying, solid, sound
good, hard, just, justified, reasonable, reasoned, substantiated, valid, well-founded, well-grounded
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