Nugatory definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary NU'GATORY, a. 1. Trifling ... Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual. The laws are sometimes rendered nugatory by inexecution. Any agreement may be rendered nugatory by something which contravenes its execution. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of no real value; "a nugatory law" Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Latin nugatorius, from nugari ... nugari to trifle f. nugae jests Webster's 1913 Dictionary Nugatory Nu"ga*to*ry, a. [L. nugatorius, fr. nugari to ... act of clemency, the very substance of government is made nugatory. --I. Taylor. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. ...
... conceited Synonyms: see futile • vainly adverb • vainness noun Synonyms: vain, nugatory, otiose, idle, empty, hollow mean being without worth or significance ... implies either absolute or relative absence of value < vain promises >. nugatory suggests triviality or insignificance < a monarch with nugatory powers >. otiose suggests that something serves no purpose and is ... empty, void. 2. Unavailing, useless, bootless, ineffectual, fruitless, profitless, futile, nugatory, abortive, unprofitable, without avail, idle, to no purpose, to no ... inefficacious, inoperative, invalid, light, misleading, narcissan, narcissine, narcissistic, narcistic, nugacious, nugatory, of no force, otiose, overproud, overweening, paltry, petty, pointless, profitless ...
... t. 1. To frustrate; to defeat; to render vain or nugatory, as an effort or attempt. The enemy attempted to pass ... Spenser. 2. To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat ...
... of English Synonyms a. Trivial, petty, frivolous, frippery, worthless, inconsiderable, nugatory, slight, unimportant, insignificant, immaterial, piddling, of little value or consequence ... mopery, neat, negligible, niggling, nit-picking, no great shakes, nugacious, nugatory, orderly, otiose, packed, paltering, paltry, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, playing ...
... or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless. Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead perfection; no ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Void, invalid, useless, nugatory, of no efficacy, of no account, ineffectual. 2. Characterless, expressionless ...
... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Useless, valueless, nugatory, unserviceable, futile, miserable, poor, wretched, of no account or value ... worth having, not worth mentioning, not worthwhile, nothing, notorious, nugacious, nugatory, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, paltry, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, prejudicial ...
... vulgar, common-place. 2. Trifling, petty, small, frivolous, slight, light, nugatory, paltry, unimportant, inconsiderable, insignificant, immaterial, of little value, of little ... it, not worth having, not worth mentioning, not worthwhile, nugacious, nugatory, on the surface, otiose, out of it, paltering, petty, picayune ...
... unprofitable, unserviceable, valueless, worthless, futile, abortive, of no use, ineffectual, nugatory, null. 2. Unserviceable, worthless, valueless, good for nothing, of no ... invalid, lame, manque, meaningless, miscarried, miscarrying, no go, nonfunctional, nugacious, nugatory, of no effect, of no force, of no use, pointless ...
... Synonyms a. Ineffectual, fruitless, useless, bootless, abortive, vain, futile, inept, nugatory, to no purpose, inutile, of no avail, thrown away, unsuccessful ... inane, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inoperative, invalid, meaningless, no go, nugacious, nugatory, of no force, of no use, pointless, purposeless, sterile, superfluous ...
... inane, inapplicable, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inoperable, invalid, nonfunctional, nonutilitarian, nugacious, nugatory, of no force, on the blink, on the fritz, otiose ...