Associations to the word «Nugatory»

Wiktionary

NUGATORY, adjective. Trivial, trifling or of little importance.
NUGATORY, adjective. Ineffective, invalid or futile.
NUGATORY, adjective. (legal) Having no force, inoperative, ineffectual.
NUGATORY, adjective. (computing) Removable from a computer program with safety, but harmless if retained.

Dictionary definition

NUGATORY, adjective. Of no real value; "a nugatory law".

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus