Definition of "nugatory" []

• Of little or no importance; trifling. (adjective)
• Having no force; invalid. See Synonyms at vain. (adjective)

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• "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."
• "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."
• "Yesterday's term was nugatory, which is defined as:"