null and void

N n

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [nuhl and void]
- /nʌl ænd vɔɪd/
- /nʌl ənd vɔɪd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [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

See all 9 definitions of null and void

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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

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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".

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Synonyms 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.

All 16 Synonyms of null and void