nugatory

  • 11nugatory trial — index mistrial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 12nugatory — adjective Etymology: Latin nugatorius, from nugari to trifle, from nugae trifles Date: 1603 1. of little or no consequence ; trifling, inconsequential 2. having no force ; inoperative Synonyms: see vain …

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  • 13nugatory — /nooh geuh tawr ee, tohr ee, nyooh /, adj. 1. of no real value; trifling; worthless. 2. of no force or effect; ineffective; futile; vain. 3. not valid. [1595 1605; < L nugatorius worthless, useless, trifling, equiv. to nuga(ri) to trifle + torius …

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  • 14nugatory — Synonyms and related words: NG, airy, asinine, barren, bootless, catchpenny, cheap, counterproductive, effete, empty, etiolated, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless, flimsy, foolish, fribble, fribbling, frivolous, frothy, fruitless, futile, good for&#8230; …

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  • 15nugatory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. useless, ineffectual, worthless, futile; helpless. See uselessness, impotence. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. worthless, trifling, inadequate, piddling; see useless 1 , worthless 1 . III (Roget s&#8230; …

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  • 16nugatory — nu|ga|to|ry [ˈnju:gətəri US ˈnu:gəto:ri] adj formal having no value …

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  • 17nugatory — nu|ga|to|ry [ nugə,tɔri ] adjective VERY FORMAL not important or effective …

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  • 18nugatory — nu·ga·to·ry || nuːgÉ™tÉ”rɪ / njuːgÉ™trɪ adj. insignificant, unimportant, inconsequential; invalid, null, void; inoperative …

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  • 19nugatory — [ nju:gət(ə)ri, nu: ] adjective 1》 of no value or importance. 2》 useless or futile. Origin C17: from L. nugatorius, from nugari to trifle …

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  • 20nugatory — a. 1. Trifling, futile, vain, insignificant, trivial, frivolous, worthless. 2. Inoperative, ineffectual, inefficacious, unavailing, useless, bootless, null, to no purpose …

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