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Definition of Nugatory

Nugatory
Nugatory 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.

Meaning of Nugatory from wikipedia

- diagram is a knot diagram in which there are no reducible crossings (also nugatory or removable crossings), or in which all of the reducible crossings have...
- "unenforceable". Black's Law Dictionary defines 'void' as: Void. Null; ineffectual; nugatory; having no legal force or binding effect; unable, in law, to support the...
- mistakenly given to someone who did not have a right to a coat would be nugatory.[citation needed] Augmentations could be of any kind: an ordinary, a charge...
- utmost pitch by Mendelssohn's endeavour to speak out a vague, an almost nugatory Content as interestingly and spiritedly as possible. The philosopher Friedrich...
- seminude, seminudity nugae nug- trifles nugacious, nugacity, nugation, nugatory nūmen nūmin- nod numen, numinous numerus numer- number denumerable, enumerable...
- close collaboration any such inquiry seems singularly superfluous and nugatory". Broedel, a historian who writes that it is likely that Sprenger's contribution...
- who skilfully observes them, will find, after many preambles, and many nugatory and incoherent, though ornamented speeches, the desired explanation conve****...
- liable to become a dead letter, the work done by Parliament may be rendered nugatory, and the democratic election of Members of Parliament may become a meaningless...
- surety turns out to be insolvent, the purpose of the bond is rendered nugatory. Thus, the surety on a bond is usually an insurance company whose solvency...
- conceded to the court, the very power of judicial review would be rendered nugatory and the entire exercise meaningless. If the court cannot grant the relief...