About The Word Nugatory
Learn about the word Nugatory to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Nugatory definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Nugatory
| Nugatory Definition And Meaning |
|---|
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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Order polypodiales ‐ true…
- Honshu ‐ the largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea…
- Swan's-down ‐ down of the swan [n] soft woolen fabric used especially for baby…
- Printing process ‐ reproduction by applying ink to paper as for…
- Everlasting ‐ any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae…
- Chiasmatic ‐ (anatomy) of or relating…
- Picea orientalis ‐ evergreen tree of the Caucasus and Asia Minor used as an ornamental…
- Atonic ‐ used of syllables; "an atonic syllable carries no stress" [adj]…
- Classified ‐ arranged into classes [adj] official classification of information…
- Giovanni cabato ‐ Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that…