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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
nugatory
adj 1: of no real value
2: lacking legal force [syn: {null}, {void}]
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