Nu"ga*to*ry (?), a. [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.
© Webster 1913.