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- [nuhl and void]
- /nʌl ænd vɔɪd/
- /nʌl ənd vɔɪd/
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- [nuhl and void]
- /nʌl ænd vɔɪd/
Definitions of null and void words
- adjective null and void without value, effect, consequence, or significance. 1
- adjective null and void being or amounting to nothing; nil; lacking; nonexistent. 1
- adjective null and void Mathematics. empty. of measure zero. 1
- adjective null and void being or amounting to zero. 1
- noun null and void Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter. 1
- verb with object null and void to cancel; make null. 1
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Origin of null and void
First appearance:
before 1555 One of the 31% oldest English words
1555-65; < Latin nūllus, equivalent to n(e) not + ūllus any
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Parts of speech for Null and void
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
null and void popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
null and void usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for null and void
adj null and void
- anti-climactic — of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.
- anticlimactic — of, having, or like an anticlimax
- characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
- defeasible — (of an estate or interest in land) capable of being defeated or rendered void
- few and far between — not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
adjective null and void
- annulled — (especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
- forceless — Without force.
- nonexistent — absence of existence.
- null — without value, effect, consequence, or significance.
- nullified — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
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