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A right-wing piece about coming first is of little value
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nugatory
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 trivial, trifling or of little importance. 2 ineffective, invalid or futile. 3 (context legal English) Having no force, inoperative, ineffectual. 4 (context computing English) Removable from a computer program with safety, but harmless if retained.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ However, that sort of reference was nugatory because the money did not follow the patient. ▪ Social custom made this proviso almost nugatory . ▪ They were not particularly inspiring, though Michael van der Plas has shown ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nugatory \Nu"ga*to*ry\, a. [L. nugatorius, fr. nugari to trifle, nugae jests, trifles.] Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant. Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual. If all are pardoned, and pardoned as a mere act of clemency, the very substance of government ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"trifling, of no value," c.1600, from Latin nugatorius "worthless, trifling, futile," from nugator "jester, trifler, braggart," from nugatus , past participle of nugari "to trifle, jest, play the fool," from nugæ "jokes, jests, trifles," of unknown origin. ...
Usage examples of nugatory.
His master, on the other hand, scrutinized the murals carefully, and blessed his companions with a running commentary on the Mission of Art, replete with many citations from the ancients, the essential thrust of which was that Paul Gauphin was an arrant alphabetarian, a nugatory neophyte, a coarse catechumen, a posturing parvenu who thought to conceal his blatant ignorance of the classic methods of proportion, line, perspective and portraiture by his extravagant colorism, the which was nothing but a maneuver to dupe his patrons by passing off crudity as primitivism.
This called forth the opposition of Fox, who objected to the motion as nugatory and productive of unnecessary delay.
In desperation, Bondo had even sunk to consulting an alchemist, who filled his palace with unpleasant odors and his ears with gibberish, accomplished nothing, and demanded a purse of gold for his nugatory services.
The natural good traits of the Burman character are almost rendered nugatory by their religion, and the oppressive nature of their government.
Larkin entered pointedly and briefly into Miss Lake's offer, which he characterised as 'wholly nugatory, illusory, and chimerical.
But these regulations would have been impotent and nugatory, had not the licentious nobles been awed by the sword of the civil power.
Rats I had brought up by hand, cosseted since Berry Head, crammed with best double-refined madder in spite of their growing reluctance - and now all is lost, the entire experiment rendered nugatory, utterly destroyed!