Nugatory (NOO-guh-taw-ree) — from the Latin for “trifling” — means worthless or ineffective; of no real value.
Example (as used by Michael Masterson today): “Effective managers don’t spend their time trying to make their employees happy. Why? Because it doesn’t work. Like most inward goals, it is nugatory and self-destructive — more likely to cause dissatisfaction than to motivate.”
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