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- Dictionarynugatory/ˈnjuːɡət(ə)ri/
adjective
- 1. of no value or importance: "a nugatory and pointless observation" Similar
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adjective. formal uk / ˈnjuː.ɡə.t ə r.i / us / ˈnuː.ɡə.tɔːr.i / Add to word list. worth nothing or of little value: a nugatory amount. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Useless and futile. adrift. aimlessly. aimlessness. airy-fairy. fruitlessly. fruitlessness. futilely. negate. negation. no good idiom. non-viable. ornamental.
The meaning of NUGATORY is of little or no consequence : trifling, inconsequential. How to use nugatory in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Nugatory.
Nugatory definition: of no real value; trifling; worthless.. See examples of NUGATORY used in a sentence.
adjective. formal us / ˈnuː.ɡə.tɔːr.i / uk / ˈnjuː.ɡə.t ə r.i / Add to word list. worth nothing or of little value: a nugatory amount. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Useless and futile. adrift. aimlessly. aimlessness. airy-fairy. fruitlessly. fruitlessness. futilely. negate. negation. no good idiom. non-viable. ornamental.
Something nugatory has no real value; it’s worthless. All your excuses for why you didn’t turn the bath tap off when you left the apartment are nugatory; they don’t change the fact that the tub overflowed and leaked into the apartment below.
1. of no real value; trifling; worthless. 2. of no force or effect; ineffective; futile; vain. 3. not valid. SYNONYMS 1. trivial, insignificant, frivolous.
adj. 1. Of little or no importance; trifling: The nation's interests in such a remote region were nugatory. 2. Unavailing, futile, or invalid: Efforts to remedy the situation proved to be nugatory. [Latin nūgātōrius, from nūgātor, trifler, from nūgārī, to trifle, from nūgae, jokes .]
The earliest known use of the adjective nugatory is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for nugatory is from 1603, in a translation by Philemon Holland, translator. nugatory is a borrowing from Latin.
Definition of nugatory adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
How to use . nugatory in a sentenceInstead of abrogating the treaties, they aimed, by evasions and restrictions, to render nugatory many of their stipulations.
