1
as in cipher
a person of no importance or influence
that tiny country's ambassador from the U.S. is usually some nullity who happens to be a friend or supporter of the current president
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as in negligibility
the quality or state of being unimportant
one of the basic themes of the theater of the absurd is the essential nullity of human existence
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Recent Examples of nullity
If death metal is more fatalistic, more depressive — though not necessarily nihilistic — black metal, at least early on, was more interested in examining evil and proclaiming the nullity of certain values, including musical values.
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Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2025
Conversely, if the TCJA overrides the analysis set forth in the revenue procedure, the TCJA would govern, rendering Rev. Proc. 2009-20 a nullity.
—Matthew Roberts, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Even this extended deadline, however, has itself been rendered a nullity by the Fifth Circuit.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Journal Editorial Report: How to make Congress a nullity.
—Giovanni Caforio, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2023
The thousands of votes already cast and those to be cast on Aug. 8, 2023, for mayoral candidates would be a nullity.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2023
There were pillows on the couch, a whole flotilla of them, and there were two armchairs flanking it, a coffee table, bookshelves, the black nullity of a flat-screen TV affixed to the wall across from her.
—T. Coraghessan Boyle, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
The overall Pessoan effect—of fertility and nullity overlaid, of a teeming garden spied through the transparent body of a phantom—gathers into a single sensation extremes of modern exuberance and despair.
—Benjamin Kunkel, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
Kyrsten Sinema has spent the last year participating in a Beltway social experiment that might determine whether an intellectual nullity, clad in Instagrammable vintage wear, might be passed off as a brave and serious centrist ideologue.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 9 Oct. 2021
Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2025
Conversely, if the TCJA overrides the analysis set forth in the revenue procedure, the TCJA would govern, rendering Rev. Proc. 2009-20 a nullity.
—Matthew Roberts, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Even this extended deadline, however, has itself been rendered a nullity by the Fifth Circuit.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Journal Editorial Report: How to make Congress a nullity.
—Giovanni Caforio, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2023
The thousands of votes already cast and those to be cast on Aug. 8, 2023, for mayoral candidates would be a nullity.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2023
There were pillows on the couch, a whole flotilla of them, and there were two armchairs flanking it, a coffee table, bookshelves, the black nullity of a flat-screen TV affixed to the wall across from her.
—T. Coraghessan Boyle, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
The overall Pessoan effect—of fertility and nullity overlaid, of a teeming garden spied through the transparent body of a phantom—gathers into a single sensation extremes of modern exuberance and despair.
—Benjamin Kunkel, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
Kyrsten Sinema has spent the last year participating in a Beltway social experiment that might determine whether an intellectual nullity, clad in Instagrammable vintage wear, might be passed off as a brave and serious centrist ideologue.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 9 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nullity
Noun
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Lottie works best as an enigma, a cipher for the beliefs and the often capricious actions of the group.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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On the one hand, this is great, as any app can incorporate these ciphers and keep your data safe.—
Scott Gilbertson,
WIRED,
28 Apr. 2024
Noun
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While some men are jumping on board, the most popular of these creators—which range from nobodies doing voiceovers to far-right provocateurs like Candance Owens and Megyn Kelly—are women speaking to other women.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
14 Mar. 2025
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Those free passes were a frequent abuse of the law in the past, and low-profile corporate nobodies got away with them for years.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Emperor tamarins are dwarf monkeys with whiskers that resemble a white moustache.—
Robert Higgs,
cleveland,
1 Feb. 2023
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The dwarf variety grows to be about 5 to 7 feet, ideal for a small garden or accent in a room with limited space.—
Bryce Jones,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Jan. 2023
Noun
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Keep reading to find more great lightweight, cooling comforters and quilts below—all on sale.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Bangles were dismissed as lightweights While poring over old newspaper and magazine stories about the band, Bickerdike was struck by the rampant sexism applied to The Bangles, now shrugged off as a product of the era.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Their main food sources are energy-rich liquids, such as the honeydew produced by insects like scale bugs and mealybugs and nectar secreted from specialized glands on plants.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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These attract a variety of beneficial insects including parasitoid wasps, lacewings, and syrphid flies, all of which feed on aphids, whiteflies, insects eggs, and other garden pests.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Pressed on one side by hard-liners and on the other by opponents of the Islamic Republic, the regime’s centrists and reformists had become political nonentities.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2025
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At the time the house was a nonentity, the models dull, the clients wealthy women who did not dress in the latest styles.—
Hamish Bowles,
Vogue,
17 Sep. 2024
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“Nullity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nullity. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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