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View definitions for nugatory

nugatory

adjective as in worthless

adjective as in futile

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But logically and empirically, the differences between the claims are nugatory.

Or by the supposed injustice of rendering the billions they’ve already invested nugatory.

Moreover, even for many workers still receiving paychecks, the tax cut would be trivial to the point of being nugatory.

The committee filed suit for enforcement, lest Congress’s oversight function be rendered anemic, even nugatory.

Every so often, his breathing gave way to the raw but nugatory cough that had plagued him since—and had perhaps been triggered by—the Reagan Administration.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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