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disallowed

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verb

past tense of disallow

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disallowed
Adjective
Jailbreaking involves persuading a model to ignore its safety rules and generate disallowed content. — Nirmal Jingar, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
The goal should have been disallowed and yet, after a VAR check lasting two and a half minutes, it was allowed to stand. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Trump has sought to have the center feature his own name on its facade, even after a federal judge disallowed him from using his authority to ensure that this would happen. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Argentina started the second half strongly and Piscatelli twice went close to scoring, his second attempt disallowed for a forward pass. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 Not to mention, few studios have purchased cinemas even after the Department of Justice rescinded the 1948 Paramount Consent Decrees, which previously disallowed studios from owning movie theater chains. — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 The judges also disallowed her inquest testimony, which had been given without an attorney present. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026 The rebound was put into the net by Sergio Reguilón, but the goal was disallowed after it was determined that Reguilón had entered the penalty area early. — CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026 Miami’s Sergio Reguilon put in the rebound, but it was disallowed for encroachment after a video review. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026 Prior to the new ruling, current state law restricted electronically generated court transcripts to civil suits involving less than $35,000 and disallowed their use for unlimited civil cases and family and probate matters. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disallowed
Adjective
  • As a forbidden attraction grows between the two men, tragedy unleashes supernatural forces upon their deeply religious community.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Their forbidden love leads the Jade Emperor to decree their separation on opposite sides of the Milky Way.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Hamas has denied trying to carry out attacks or rebuild its arsenal and accuses Israel of undermining the Gaza peace deal.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Clancy’s defense files an emergency appeal to further question the holdout juror, but the appeal is denied.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Burnham has refused to rule out tax hikes, and the British press is reporting that windfall taxes targeting banks might be on the table.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Iran has continued to attack some tankers shuttling oil through the strait – but those could be ships that refused to pay a toll, Brouhard suggested.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • It’s been nearly a decade since California voters legalized recreational cannabis, but production and sales remain outlawed in most of the state — and the black market dominates.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • King Henry’s laws adamantly forbade chattel slavery, outlawed colonialism, and created an economically robust, financially solvent Black state, one not dependent on the transatlantic slave trade.
    — Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Their case was previously rejected by the district court and appeals court.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Meta, a week ago, rejected, then reversed course on an ad for Alex Gibney’s doc takedown Musk, and now a studio is about to weigh in on Meta.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Police initially declined to share details about the victim beyond his age and gender to The Times on Thursday night.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Warsh at the start of the summer declined to say whether rates should rise.
    — Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • The owls also face pressure from the barred owl, a more territorial competitor that vies for the same food and habitat and usually wins.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The roommate, Maria Ortiz, 60, was struggling against a barred window, screaming for help, when firefighters in a tower ladder truck cut the bars and pulled her out.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
Verb
  • At the root of it all is negligence, which is refuted and embodied by our challenging heroine.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026
  • On September 16, a statement from Buckingham Palace (per People) refuted Spencer’s assertions.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Disallowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disallowed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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