Nugatory

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nugatory \Nu"ga*to*ry\, a. [L. nugatorius, fr. nugari to trifle,
     nugae jests, trifles.]
     1. Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.
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     2. Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual.


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              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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nugatory
       adj : of no real value; "a nugatory law"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "nugatory":
     NG, 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, 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