moot point
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moot point
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From moot (“assembly”) + point.
noun moot points
- An issue that is subject to, or open for, discussion or debate, to which no satisfactory answer is found; originally, one to be definitively determined by an assembly of the people. In this age of moot points—some mooter than others, others possibly a shade less moot than some—perhaps the mootest point of any is, What is happening to the drama now that July 1st is behind us? This surely is a point of which the mootness cannot escape the most ivory-domed.
- An issue hardly worth debating because it is no longer practically applicable. Until we rebuild downtown, whether we build more parking spaces is a moot point.
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noun issue that is open for debate
| Español | punto de contención |
|---|---|
| Français | contentieux |
| Deutsch | Streitpunkt, offene Frage, fragliche Sache |
| Ελληνικά | αμφιλεγόμενο θέμα amfilegómeno théma |
| Română | punct de discuție |
| Русский | спо́рный вопро́с spórnyj voprós |
noun issue that has been rendered irrelevant
| Español | por gusto, por las puras, por las [puras] huevas, por las puras brevas, futilidad, inutilidad |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | akademische Frage |
| Italiano | questione di lana caprina |
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