English-Thai Dictionary

nugatory

ADJ ซึ่ง ไร้ค่า  worthless sueng-rai-ka

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NUGATORY

a. 1. Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.
2. Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual. The laws are sometimes rendered nugatory by inexecution. Any agreement may be rendered nugatory by something which contravenes its execution.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NUGATORY

Nu "ga *to *ry, a. Etym: [L. nugatorius, fr. nugari to trifle, nugae jests, trifles.]

 

1. Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.

 

2. Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual. If all are pardoned, and pardoned as a mere act of clemency, the very substance of government is made nugatory. I. Taylor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

nugatory

nu ga to ry |ˈn (y )o͞ogəˌtôrē ˈnuɡəˌtɔri | ▶adjective of no value or importance: a nugatory and pointless observation. • useless; futile: the teacher shortages will render nugatory the hopes of implementing the new curriculum. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin nugatorius, from nugari ‘to trifle, ’ from nugae ‘jests. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

nugatory

nugatory |ˈnjuːgət (ə )ri, ˈnuː -| ▶adjective of no value or importance: a nugatory and pointless observation. • useless or futile: the teacher shortages will render nugatory the hopes of implementing the new curriculum. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin nugatorius, from nugari ‘to trifle ’, from nugae ‘jests ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

nugatory

nugatory adjective 1 a nugatory observation: worthless, unimportant, inconsequential, valueless, trifling, trivial, insignificant, meaningless. 2 the shortages will render our hopes nugatory: futile, useless, vain, unavailing, null, invalid.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

nugatory

nugatory adjective 1 a nugatory and pointless observation: worthless, of no value, of no importance, unimportant, inconsequential, of no consequence, valueless, trifling, trivial, insignificant, meaningless. 2 the teacher shortages will render nugatory the hopes of implementing the new curriculum: futile, useless, vain, unavailing, null and void, null, invalid; archaic bootless.