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Moot point - English Idiom Definition ... If something's a moot point, there's some disagreement about it: a debatable point. In the U.S., this expression usually means that there is no point in debating something, because it just doesn't matter.
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Moot point - Definition of Moot point at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Moot point. Look it up now! ... For example, Whether Shakespeare actually wrote the poem remains a moot point among critics, or It's a moot point whether the chicken or the egg came first.
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Some comments are provoked by a questioner about the changing sense of 'moot point'. ... [A] Moot point is one of those phrases that once had a firm and well-understood meaning, but no longer does. It was just as you say: a matter that was uncertain or undecided, so open to debate.
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And what is meant by “moot point”? A moot point is one that need not be decided, due to a change of circumstances. Very interesting, because the word “moot” by itself means “debatable, or subject to discussion,” the opposite of its use in the legal context.
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Mootness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In United States law, a matter is moot if further legal proceedings with regard to it can have no effect, or events have placed it beyond the reach of the law. Thereby the matter has been deprived o...
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This is pretty obviously the point of the show, and Betty’s Exhibit A in this argument because as much as you feel for her (or not, as the case so frequently seems to be), it is really hard to put yourself in her place or to understand her.
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The first written reference to moot point versus mute point that I know about showed up in a Readers' Digest joke trailer back in one of the 1995 editions. In the joke, a father wrote in to poke fun at his daughter for saying:
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Meaning of "On penalties" | How tall are you? ... #1 (permalink) Sat Sep 23, 2006 21:49 pm Meaning of "Moot point" ... Hi; I would like to know the complete use of moot point in English. What does it really mean? Could you please help me? Tom...
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