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nugatory
adjective /ˈnjuːɡətəri/
a) Trivial, trifling or of little importance.

I might refer to the general conviction and the common sense of society that such an investment cannot be treated as absolutely idle and nugatory.

b) Ineffective, invalid or futile.

I can not dismiss the subject of Indian affairs without again recommending to your consideration the expediency of more adequate provision for giving energy to the laws throughout our interior frontier and for restraining the commission of outrages upon the Indians, without which all pacific plans must prove nugatory.


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