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nullity

/nuhl-i-tee/US // ˈnʌl ɪ ti //UK // (ˈnʌlɪtɪ) //

无效,无效性,空性,空白

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural nul·li·ties for 2-4.

    • : the state or quality of being null; nothingness; invalidity.
    • : something null.
    • : something of no legal force or validity.
    • : a person of negligible importance.

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Examples

  • 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.