The Clue
Lacking value (4 letter answer)
The Answer
NULL
Tags
Notes
The answer NULL is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.
Related Clues
Aleph-___
Invalid
Nonexistent
Valueless
Void
___ and void
Zero
Empty, in math
Legally invalid
Of no effect
Not binding
Not valid
Partner of void
Void's partner
Without value
Empty, as a math set
Lacking any elements
No longer legal
Definition
NULL as a noun:
1. (nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo) = a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
NULL as an adjective:
1. (null, void) = lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void"