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nugatory

/'nju:gətəri/

of no real value
[Source: WordNet]

A court of equity will not decree specific performance,... where from the facts and circumstances of the case the decree for any reason would be nugatory. Link

The onus is on the plaintiff/applicant to show that if the stay is not granted the appeal will be rendered nugatory. Link

Instances have of late years been frequent where the work of an entire Spring, and consequently the fruits of a year's toil and care, have been rendered nugatory and destroyed by prairie dogs. Link

Yet just at the moment that the theory had thus been rendered nugatory, it gained a cachet far beyond any it had previously enjoyed. The Bolshevik seizure of power rescued Marxism... Link

Once you go down that path, you can render such a law almost nugatory, since almost any abortion can have some purpose relating to the mother's physical or especially mental health. Link

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