disallowed

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And although referees' boss Howard Webb told Forest that while there could be justifiable reasons to deem it was not handball by Mbeumo, 'football's expectation' would have been for the goal to be disallowed.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Under the handball law that should automatically lead to the goal being disallowed but, as Webb explained, the VAR did not feel he could be "absolutely categorical" about it.

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

F to B was considered so unpleasant that it was given the names ‘the devil in music’ and the ‘wolf tone’, and disallowed from the list of perfect fourths.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall