nugatory

nugatory
    adj 1: of no real value; "a nugatory law"
    

Nugatory \Nu"ga*to*ry\, a. [L. nugatorius, fr. nugari to trifle,
   nugae jests, trifles.]
   1. Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.
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   2. Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual.
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            If all are pardoned, and pardoned as a mere act of
            clemency, the very substance of government is made
            nugatory.                             --I. Taylor.
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64 Moby Thesaurus words for "nugatory":
      NG, airy, asinine, barren, bootless, catchpenny, cheap,
      counterproductive, effete, empty, etiolated, fatuitous, fatuous,
      feckless, flimsy, foolish, fribble, fribbling, frivolous, frothy,
      fruitless, futile, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, hollow, idle,
      inadequate, inane, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious,
      inoperative, invalid, junk, junky, light, no-account, no-good,
      not worth having, not worth mentioning, not worthwhile, nugacious,
      of no force, otiose, shabby, shallow, shoddy, silly, slender,
      slight, sterile, superficial, trashy, trifling, trite, trivial,
      unavailing, useless, vacuous, vain, valueless, vapid, windy,
      worthless