Category:Nugatory

Nu"ga*to*ry, a. Etym: [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.