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Adjective: invalidating  `in'va-lu`dey-ting
  1. Establishing as invalid or untrue
    "BPD is believed to develop when emotionally vulnerable individuals interact with an invalidating environment"
    - disconfirming
Verb: invalidate  in'va-li`deyt
  1. Declare invalid
    - annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
     
  2. Make invalid for use
    "invalidate cheques or tickets"
    - cancel
     
  3. Show to be invalid
    - nullify
     
  4. Take away the legal force of or render ineffective
    "invalidate a contract"
    - void, vitiate

See also: invalidation, invalidator, unsupportive

Type of: alter, cancel, change, contradict, mark, modify, negate, score, strike down

Antonym: validate