Nugatory
NOO-guh-tor-ee
1: Of little or no consequence:
trifling, inconsequential
2: Having no force : inoperative
Nugatory comes from the Latin
adjective nugatorius and is ultimately a derivative of the noun nugae, meaning
"trifles."
Jettison
(JET-i-suhn, -zuhn)
To cast off something regarded as
unwanted or burdensome. The act of discarding something.
Originally, jettison was the act
of throwing goods overboard to lighten a ship in distress. From Latin jactare
(to throw), frequentative of jacere (to throw). Ultimately from the
Indo-European root ye- (to throw), which also gave us jet, eject, project,
reject, object, subject, adjective, joist, jactitation,subjacent, and jaculate.