Fatal and Nugatory

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Fatal adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.

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Nugatory is an antonym for fatal.

Nugatory adjective - Lacking importance.

Usage example: the book is entertaining, but its contributions to Shakespearean scholarship are nugatory

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Fatal is an antonym for nugatory.

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Nugatory and Fatal. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fatal/nugatory

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