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Synonyms for nugatory

Grammar : Adj
Spell : noo-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, nyoo-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnu gəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈnyu-

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Définition of nugatory

Origin :
  • "trifling, of no value," c.1600, from Latin nugatorius "worthless, trifling, futile," from nugator "jester, trifler, braggart," from nugatus, past participle of nugari "to trifle, jest, play the fool," from nugæ "jokes, jests, trifles," of unknown origin.
  • adj worthless
  • adj futile
Example sentences :
  • This order, however, was nugatory, as the court had no power to enforce its judgments.
  • Extract from : « The Mormon Prophet and His Harem » by C.V. Waite
  • Therefore all art which involves no reference to man is inferior or nugatory.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters, Volume V (of 5) » by John Ruskin
  • These boasted bulwarks of Italy have proved as nugatory as the Alps.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851 » by Various
  • They tell us plainly that resisting these illusions with truth renders them nugatory.
  • Extract from : « Carmen Ariza » by Charles Francis Stocking
  • His judgment may not be impartial, but at least it is not nugatory.
  • Extract from : « Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII » by Various
  • I do not dream of saying that what they get from art is bad or nugatory; I say that they do not get the best that art can give.
  • Extract from : « Art » by Clive Bell
  • I believe, if his construction is a just one, it is a new case, the provision was at least nugatory.
  • Extract from : « Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16) » by Thomas Hart Benton
  • Two pounds and two pounds will make four pounds whatever a pound may be; but till I know what it is, the result is nugatory.
  • Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen
  • If the former, then it had already rendered the prohibition upon slavery in the Louisiana territory, by the Act of 1820, nugatory.
  • Extract from : « The Middle Period 1817-1858 » by John William Burgess
  • Has not the British house of commons been incessantly exclaimed upon, as corrupt and nugatory?
  • Extract from : « Four Early Pamphlets » by William Godwin

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