was wotd|2006|April|21
English
Etymology
From L. nugatorius.
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-nugatory.ogg|Audio (US)
IPA|/'nju:g�t�ri/
Adjective
en-adj
- Trivial, trifling or of little importance.
#*1872 � w:Benjamin Disraeli|Benjamin Disraeli, s:Suez Canal Speech|Suez Canal Speech
#*:I might refer to the general conviction and the common sense of society that such an investment cannot be treated as absolutely idle and nugatory.
- ineffective|Ineffective, invalid or futile.
#*1792 � w:George Washington|George Washington, s:George Washington's Fourth State of the Union Address|Fourth State of the Union Address
#*:I can not dismiss the subject of Indian affairs without again recommending to your consideration the expediency of more adequate provision for giving energy to the laws throughout our interior frontier and for restraining the commission of outrages upon the Indians, without which all pacific plans must prove nugatory.
- law Having no force, inoperative, ineffectual.
#*1819 � w:John Marshall|Chief Justice John Marshall, s:McCulloch v. Maryland|McCulloch? v. Maryland (17 U.S. 316)
#*:The word "necessary" is considered as controlling the whole sentence, and as limiting the right to pass laws for the execution of the granted powers to such as are indispensable, and without which the power would be nugatory.
- computing Removable from a computer program with safety, but harmless if retained.
Translations
trans-top|trivial, trifling
French: insignifiant
German: belanglos
trans-mid
Russian: п�����н�й, ник��мн�й
Spanish: insignificante
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trans-top|ineffective, invalid
French: inefficace, non valable
German: erfolglos, uneffektiv
trans-mid
Russian: недей��ви�ел�н�й
Spanish: ineficaz
trans-bottom
trans-top|law: having no force
trans-mid
Russian: недей��ви�ел�н�й
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io:nugatory
it:nugatory
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vi:nugatory
zh:nugatory
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