disallows

verb

present tense third-person singular of disallow
1
as in denies
to declare not to be true disallowing the philosophical concept of free will

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2
as in refuses
to be unwilling to grant disallowed the defendant's request for a new trial

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Recent Examples of disallows Having all your pieces shoved against walls disallows natural flow through the room. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 11 July 2026 In a concession to the council, Lee’s proposal would repeal a local law that disallows council members from superseding the administrator and giving orders to city staff. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 11 June 2026 The city’s statute disallows for the mayor to be directly involved in public schools, instead vesting that power to a nine-member Board of Education. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026 If securitization bonds are issued, funds collected from customers to repay those bonds are refunded if the commission determines the utility acted imprudently and disallows cost recovery. — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025 Most recently, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act disallows pending ERC claims submitted after January 31, 2024, for the third and fourth quarter of 2021. — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disallows
  1. denies
  2. refuses
  3. rejects
  4. declines
  5. refutes
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  • Lula’s victory also denies Trump another political ally in Latin America, which include Argentinian President Javier Milei and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The investigation ended without charges against Collins or her staff, and her office denies wrongdoing.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of denies
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  • Why this 78-year-old professor refuses to move Marvin's frustration goes beyond having robots share the sidewalk.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The wart that refuses to go away is whatever is up with Vicki and Tamra.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of refuses
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  • However, a large percentage of the Brazilian electorate also consistently rejects the prospect of voting for another Bolsonaro for president.
    — David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Human Rights Watch said those expulsions amounted to war crimes, a charge that Israel rejects.
    — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of rejects
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  • The Salt Lake County clerk requests assistance to secure the polls, but the sheriff, unsure about jurisdiction, declines.
    — Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Steep declines across the tech space, led by Meta and the chip sector, saw Nasdaq log its worst day since June.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of declines
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  • The Mad King, however, refutes the legitimacy of any kind of prophecy, even going so far to reject the notion of destiny.
    — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Speaking with the Courant, Moscowitz refutes that there was ever a formal meeting involving him or his investigators and Isa Abdus-Sabur.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026
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“Disallows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disallows. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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