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Nugatory
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What's The Definition Of Nugatory?
[adj] of no real value; "a nugatory law"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Nugatory: worthless Related Terms | Find terms related to Nugatory: airy | asinine | barren | bootless | catchpenny | cheap | counterproductive | effete | empty | etiolated | fatuitous | fatuous | feckless | flimsy | foolish | fribble | fribbling | frivolous | frothy | fruitless | futile | good-for-naught | good-for-nothing | hollow | idle | inadequate | inane | ineffective | ineffectual | inefficacious | inoperative | invalid | junk | junky | light | NG | no-account | no-good | not worth having | not worth mentioning | not worthwhile | nugacious | of no force | otiose | shabby | shallow | shoddy | silly | slender | slight | sterile | superficial | trashy | trifling | trite | trivial | unavailing | useless | vacuous | vain | valueless | vapid | windy | worthless See Also | Nugatory In Webster's Dictionary \Nu"ga*to*ry\, a. [L. nugatorius, fr. nugari to trifle,
nugae jests, trifles.]
1. Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.
2. Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual.
If all are pardoned, and pardoned as a mere act of
clemency, the very substance of government is made
nugatory. --I. Taylor.
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