VAIN, NUGATORY, OTIOSE, IDLE, EMPTY, HOLLOW mean being without worth or significance.
VAIN implies either absolute or relative absence of value *vain promises*.
NUGATORY suggests triviality or insignificance *a monarch with nugatory powers*.
OTIOSE suggests that something serves no purpose and is either an encumbrance or a superfluity *a film without a single otiose scene*.
IDLE suggests being incapable of worthwhile use or effect *idle speculations*.
EMPTY and HOLLOW suggest a deceiving lack of real substance or soundness or genuineness *an empty attempt at reconciliation* *a hollow victory*.
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Today, Karpal Singh argued that the trial would be rendered nugatory if Anwar succeeded in his appeal and a stay was not granted.
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