nullity
noun
the state or quality of being null; nothingness; invalidity.
nullities
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pluralof nullity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These precautions taken, they looked about them for the men who were nullities by themselves, and yet, engrafted on their party, of whom they could make ministers.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by H. T. Ryde
Never forget," said he in an address to the Assembly, "that laws are mere nullities without the necessary force to sustain them.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper
The usurpations and acts of the rebels were considered not legal acts, but nullities.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
This world is not governed by abstractions, for abstractions are nullities.
From The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny by Orestes Augustus Brownson
They themselves tell you that they are nullities.
From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
