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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The depositions of all who belonged to these two classes were therefore regarded as mere nullities.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Compton had been suspended by a decree of the High Commission, and the decrees of the High Commission were universally acknowledged to be nullities.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
But I leave the glory of photographing nullities to the geniuses of the age, and run to the first words which could, without impiety, be called dialogue.
From A Woman-Hater by Charles Reade
The usurpations and acts of the rebels were considered not legal acts, but nullities.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
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
