Definitions for nugatory

nugatory nu·ga·to·ry

Spelling: [noo-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, nyoo-]
IPA: /ˈnu gəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈnyu-/

Nugatory is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 296 anagrams from letters in nugatory (agnortuy).

Definitions for nugatory

adjective

  1. of no real value; trifling; worthless.
  2. of no force or effect; ineffective; futile; vain.
  3. not valid.

Origin of nugatory

1595-1605; Latin nūgātōrius worthless, useless, trifling, equivalent to nūgā(rī) to trifle + -tōrius -tory1

Examples for nugatory

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.

This order, however, was nugatory, as the court had no power to enforce its judgments.

I believe, if his construction is a just one, it is a new case, the provision was at least nugatory.

They tell us plainly that resisting these illusions with truth renders them nugatory.

His judgment may not be impartial, but at least it is not nugatory.

These boasted bulwarks of Italy have proved as nugatory as the Alps.

If the former, then it had already rendered the prohibition upon slavery in the Louisiana territory, by the Act of 1820, nugatory.

Therefore all art which involves no reference to man is inferior or nugatory.

Has not the British house of commons been incessantly exclaimed upon, as corrupt and nugatory?

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.

Word Value for nugatory
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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