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moot point

moot point noun: 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.

Noun

moot point (plural moot points)

  1. 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.1919 August, P. G. Wodehouse, “Prohibition and the Drama”, in Vanity Fair, page 21
    • Exactly which of the songs on Small Change originated in London is a moot point.2009, Barney Hoskyns, Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits, Faber & Faber, page 155
  2. 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.
    • Who really owned that horse is a moot point now that it has run away.

moot point meaning in Tamil and Kannada

moot point in Tamil

வாதத்திற்குரியகூறு, தீர்வற்றது

moot point in Kannada

ವಿವಾದಾಸ್ಪದ ವಿಷಯ, ಚರ್ಚಾಸ್ಪದ ವಿಷಯ

Forms of moot point

pluralmoot points

Origin of moot point

From moot (“assembly”) + point.

Questions about moot point

What does moot point mean?
Moot point means 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.
What is moot point in Tamil?
Moot point in Tamil is வாதத்திற்குரியகூறு, தீர்வற்றது. See Moot point meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is moot point?
Moot point is a noun.
What is the plural of moot point?
The plural of moot point is moot points.

Words near moot point in the dictionary

  1. moot court
  2. moot courts
  3. moot earth
  4. moot hall
  5. moot hill
  6. moot point
  7. moot points
  8. moot-axe
  9. moot-axes
  10. moot-hall
  11. moot-halls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moot point (page history and authors); moot point (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); moot point (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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