moot+point

  • 21moot — moot1 mooter, n. mootness, n. /mooht/, adj. 1. open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: a moot point. 2. of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic. 3. Chiefly Law. not actual; theoretical; hypothetical. v.t. 4. to… …

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  • 22moot — 1. adjective /muːt/ a) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve. :indeed we were obligd to hawl off rather in a hurry for the wind freshning a little we found ourselves in a bay which it… …

    Wiktionary

  • 23moot — 1 adjective 1 a moot point/question something that has not yet been decided, and about which people have different opinions: Whether these controls will really reduce violent crime is a moot point. 2 AmE a situation or possible action that is… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24moot — A subject for argument; unsettled; undecided. A moot point is one not settled by judicial decisions @ moot case A case is moot when a determination is sought on a matter which, when rendered, cannot have any practical effect on the existing… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 25moot — A subject for argument; unsettled; undecided. A moot point is one not settled by judicial decisions @ moot case A case is moot when a determination is sought on a matter which, when rendered, cannot have any practical effect on the existing… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 26moot — This word when used as an adjective means (1) subject to debate, arguable, unresolved; and (2) of only slight importance or significance: This is a moot question. Whether the player is black or white is a moot consideration. That is, a moot… …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 27moot — [[t]mu͟ːt[/t]] moots, mooting, mooted 1) VERB: usu passive If a plan, idea, or subject is mooted, it is suggested or introduced for discussion. [FORMAL] [be V ed] Plans have been mooted for a 450,000 strong Ukrainian army... [be V ed] When the… …

    English dictionary

  • 28moot — moot1 [ mut ] adjective 1. ) AMERICAN no longer important, because a particular situation has changed or no longer exists 2. ) a moot point, question, or issue is one that people disagree about moot moot 2 [ mut ] verb transitive FORMAL to… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 29moot — [OE] Etymologically, a ‘moot point’ is one talked about at a ‘meeting’. For ‘meeting’ is the original sense of the noun moot – particularly as applied in early medieval England to a meeting functioning as a court of law. The word goes back to a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 30moot — I UK [muːt] / US [mut] adjective 1) a moot point, question, or issue is one that people disagree about 2) American no longer important, because a particular situation has changed or no longer exists II UK [muːt] / US [mut] verb [transitive] Word… …

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