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Definition of “nugatory”

nugatory (ˈnjuːɡətərɪ ; -trɪ)

C17: from Latin nūgātōrius, from nūgārī to jest, from nūgae trifles

But this technology is inappropriate for the nugatory wrongdoing that bedevils you.

Times, Sunday Times (2004)

Research on long-term environmental influences, as we saw, is nugatory.

Ramirez-Faria, Carlos The Origins of Economic Inequality between Nations: A critique of Western theories on development and underdevelopment

The EU defence force is to be declared "operational" at Laeken regardless of its nugatory military capability.

Times, Sunday Times (2001)

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