While men might feel an economic pinch post-divorce, especially when they must pay child support or alimony on top of their own living expenses, the Utah State University Cooperative Extension indicates that as many as one out of every five divorced women actually falls below the poverty level following a divorce.
invalidate If administrators find out that students cheated on a test, the school might invalidate their class grades. To invalidate means to cancel something or make it void, as if it never happened. In invalidate you see the word valid which means true or correct. When you invalidate something you are making it less true, less official, or less correct. If you buy something that doesn't work properly and then try to fix it yourself, you invalidate the warranty.
2. Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection. An answer that is open to no valid exception.- I. Taylor.dj. 1. valid-well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; a valid inference ; a valid argument ; a valid contract ; a valid license . Antonyms: invalid-having no cogency or legal force; invalid reasoning; an invalid driver's license.