Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nugatory"

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) 1.7 (wn)

nugatory
adj : of no real value; "a nugatory law"

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