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besides the point

besides the point is the uncommon form of beside the point.

Meaning of beside the point

Adjective

beside the point (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Irrelevant, moot.
    • His many charitable donations are beside the point. They do not make up for the fact that he stole the money to begin with.
    Antonyms:
    to the point

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Questions about besides the point

What is besides the point the uncommon form of?
Besides the point is the uncommon form of beside the point.

Words near besides the point in the dictionary

  1. beside the mark
  2. beside the point
  3. besideness
  4. besides
  5. besides oneself
  6. besides the point
  7. besiegable
  8. besiege
  9. besiegeable
  10. besieged
  11. besiegement

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Adapted from Wiktionary: besides the point (page history and authors); beside the point (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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