disallowed

Example Sentences

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If the ball has come off an arm any goal should surely be disallowed.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

It was a foul on Gunners goalkeeper David Raya for their goal which was disallowed, and the fact they are in the relegation zone is because of the way they have played all season.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

A failed merger with Frontier, and a disallowed buyout from JetBlue, distracted from operations.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

He noted their initial motion to dismiss argued Ohta had disallowed critical evidence in the case.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

However, any mathematician of the day would have scoffed at this line of reasoning; Archimedes used the tools of the infinite, which were so expressly disallowed by his mathematical colleagues.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife