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moot points

moot points is the plural of moot point.

Meaning of moot point

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
  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.

Questions about moot points

What is moot points the plural of?
Moot points is the plural of moot point.

Words near moot points in the dictionary

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

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