nugatory.

Having little or no meaningful worth, force, or practical effect.

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Words that belong together

• nugatory effort
• render nugatory

On the page

The missing signature rendered the promise nugatory.

He considered the effort nugatory, though it had comforted the waiting family.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more nugatory; superlative most nugatory where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.