noun
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the state of being null
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a null or legally invalid act or instrument
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something null, ineffective, characterless, etc
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Etymology
Origin of nullity
From the Medieval Latin word nūllitās, dating back to 1560–70. See null, -ity
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By rendering the subpoena a nullity, McElroy left O’Connor nothing to enforce, making his earlier order toothless.
From Slate ● May 19, 2026
In the process of conversion, however, she’s reduced to a nullity with a grating personal manner.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
So what we're going to do is we're going to say, "That was a nullity, it never happened, we are nullifying her actions and . . ."
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2023
A city that could imagine its own improbable existence into reality could just as easily relegate this now-inconvenient natural feature into a nullity or a comedian’s gag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
The agreeable nullity of Leon’s life was a polished artifact, its ease deceptive, its limitations achieved by invisible hard work and the accidents of character, none of which she could hope to rival.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
These historical characters are not mere shadows, puppets, or nullities, but very real men and women, our own flesh and blood.
From Without Dogma by Henryk Sienkiewicz
The parliament of Toulouse, considering the edicts as nullities, went on with their business.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
There was a doggish group, which discussed socks and hair oil and other more exciting things, a young athletic group, a group of 'sweat-guts,' and a group of complete nullities.
From Years of Plenty by Ivor Brown
I have done nothing, aunt," exclaimed Lucy, "and the good are never nullities.
From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Charles Reade
This world is not governed by abstractions, for abstractions are nullities.
From The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny by Orestes Augustus Brownson
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