nullify
pronunciation
How to pronounce nullify in British English:
UK [ˈnʌlɪfaɪ]
How to pronounce nullify in American English:
US [ˈnʌləˌfaɪ]
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- Verb:
- declare invalid
- show to be invalid
- make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
Word Origin
- nullify (v.)
- 1590s, from Late Latin nullificare "to esteem lightly, despise," literally "to make nothing," from Latin nullus "not any" (see null) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Nullified; nullifying.
Example
- 1. These could nullify efforts by farmers to increase planting areas in response to the highest prices since the 2007-08 food crisis .
- 2. So little electricity do these panels produce under its cloudy northern skies that the emissions from a single large coal-fired power station are enough to nullify all the benefits that their carbon-free contribution might bring .
- 3. But he doesn 't want to do so in the u.s. because assuming a new job or even changing titles within his own company would nullify his existing green card application .
- 4. In march , the ministry of finance moved to nullify the guarantees local governments provided for loans taken by their lgivs recognising that in some cases , the guarantees were the only creditworthy assets the vehicles had .
- 5. The kremlin has given mixed signals about how far it will seek to nullify these accords , and how much these moves have been caused by the missile-defence row .