Sentence examples for are less valid from inspiring English sources

You say you "reward schools that teach the traditional subjects", but neglect to mention that this means by default students are getting less technology, drama, art and music, as if these are less valid or less useful.

"It creates a suspicion that their scores are less valid than others, stigmatizing students with disabilities in exactly the way the Americans with Disabilities Act is supposed to prevent," said Josh Konecky, the lawyer for Disability Rights Advocates, the nonprofit law group in Oakland, Calif., that represents Mr. Breimhorst.

However, the figures published for each named surgeon are not risk-adjusted and therefore are less valid as a basis for comparison.

"The comparisons with China may be relevant from a sporting perspective, but are less valid from a cultural and human one," it read.

And just because their experiences thus far have led to a certain unguardedness doesn't mean their experiences are less valid or complicated than those of adults.

And if the children were to inquire about other religions, in all likelihood, they are told the other religions are less valid or are even falsehoods.

When an intervention is aiming at restoring lower extremity dysfunction, such an instrument is less valid and responsive and an outcome instrument validated for the lower extremity is a better choice.

I persist in this formulaic asking and telling because my sense of myself has turned out to be less valid than my oncologist's assessment of me.

The method of selection must be less valid, "or it will threaten the fundamental principle of parliamentary rule, that the government is responsible to the first chamber and not the second".

And as for that old chestnut about a group of young people going out for a drink but spending all their time on their phones instead of talking to each other, who's to say their online communication is less valid than the "real" equivalent?

The low response frequency does not necessarily mean that this concept is less valid to the respondents than vulnerability.