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Subject: nugatory: Word of the Day
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Feb. 05, 2016

nugatory \NOO-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, NYOO-\ adjective 1. of no real value; trifling; worthless. 2. of no force or effect; ineffective; futile; vain. Quotes Just at the moment, he was covering Art in a provincial paper for a financially nugatory consideration: a disadvantageous circumstance which he would explain as arising solely from his exceptional professional integrity. -- Michael Innes, Money from Holme, 1964 Origin Nugatory stems from the Latin nūgārī meaning "to trifle." It entered English around 1600.

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