moot
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7.4
- adjective
- /muːt/
- Specialized
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irrelevante
- If the issue of teaching history is moot, it is pointless to continue pushing history instruction into the schools.
- become moot
- a moot point
- a moot issue
And frankly, I just think these discussions are moot because people are buying this to be cool.
- And frankly, I just think these discussions are moot because people are buying this to be cool.
- But the reality is, if I destroy myself in the first two weeks, then it's a moot point.
- Please keep in mind that some states they don't charge their residents income taxes, so the tax deduction in that scenario would be a moot point.
Examples
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Consideration of indigenous land rights was, therefore, a moot point by the start of the twentieth century.
Academic text (2008) -
If we move to the classless society, this is again, their their viewpoint, then these will all become moot points.
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That, uh, makes it a moot point now.
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The point is moot since we're not working for him any longer.
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I mean, the system's improving so much so fast that this is going to be a moot point very soon.
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Then this would all be moot, 'cause you wouldn't be president, sir.
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Whatever Paul may have envisioned for a proper relationship between Jews and Christians is now a moot point.
Academic text (2015) -
Under martial law, legislative oversight and monitoring of the military were moot, as no effective opposition existed.
Academic text (2002) -
In their perspective, then, the debate on Canada's economic interests was moot, since humanitarian issues should have priority.
Academic text (2005) -
The debate over the old law became moot after the new legislation was passed.
Synonyms
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3.6
Not related to the subject people are discussing or to the main point
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4.2
Not related to the subject or situation
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7.3
Not related to the topic being discussed
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How Relevant
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Etymology
Moot comes from an old English word mōt meaning 'meeting', and in law the word was used for questions discussed at a meeting that later lost their real effect. So a moot question in court is one that 'no longer matters in court'.