nugatory

IPA: nˈugɑtɔri

Trivial, trifling or of little importance.
Ineffective, invalid or futile.
(law) Having no force, inoperative, ineffectual.
(computing) Removable from a computer program with safety, but harmless if retained.

Examples of "nugatory" in Sentences

Yesterday's term was nugatory, which is defined as:
Sorry, I just had to get 'nugatory' into a sentence.
In this telling, tactical excellence and the considerable courage of frontline troops are forever being rendered nugatory by failed leadership.
The "aesthetic canons of legitimacy and achievement," which Helen Vendler observes and attempts to advance, are "nugatory" unless they buttress these cultural pillars.
As TV and the Internet converge into something generically known as broadband, the distinctions between the two will soon become nugatory from a consumer point of view.
I spent yesterday writing the icky sequences of the WIP and the end is in sight for it and I decided that my celebration would be to keep 'nugatory' alive in my vocabulary.
As soon as the lords were out of Henry's reach, the Scots Estates demanded modifications in the proposed treaty which would have made it nugatory from the English point of view.
In my opinion, people who opine about the "merely aesthetic," who find aesthetic values "nugatory" unless they are subservient to a higher principle of judgment, manifestly disdain art except as an illustrative aid, a utilitarian convenience.