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nullity

[ nuhl-i-tee ]

noun

, plural nul·li·ties
  1. the state or quality of being null; nothingness; invalidity.
  2. something null.
  3. something of no legal force or validity.
  4. a person of negligible importance.


nullity

/ ˈnʌlɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the state of being null
  2. a null or legally invalid act or instrument
  3. something null, ineffective, characterless, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nullity1

From the Medieval Latin word nūllitās, dating back to 1560–70. See null, -ity
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nullity1

C16: from Medieval Latin nullitās, from Latin nullus no, not any
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Example Sentences

The social nullity of the virus shutdowns wiped out distractions and enclosed him and his new teammates in a bubble.

Being admired, this is no time to let it slip that Dad is an utter sports nullity.

The conservative record is one of tragedy and moral nullity.

Both conditions, especially the second, render the whole project a nullity.

The whole scene breathed boredom, the man embarrassed by the consciousness of his nullity, the woman tired of her dismal visitor.

That renunciation was therefore a nullity; and no swearing, no signing, no sealing, could turn that nullity into a reality.

I do not understand that my associates consider it a nullity—certainly they could not have so considered it when it was passed.

Hitherto he was lost in the world of Appearance; but when he thinks of it, he separates himself from it, and sees its nullity.

A divorce case—or, rather, I think a nullity case is what it would be called.

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