beside the point

Speech parts

1. beside the point - Adjective

2. beside the point - Adverb

Meaning

beside the point (not comparable)

(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.

beside the point (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Irrelevantly, off-topic.

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Examples

The kind of painting which I find exciting is not necessarily representational or non-representational, but it is musical and architectural... Whether this visual relationship is slightly more or slightly less abstract is, for me, beside the point. Ben Nicholson

It is perhaps beside the point to remark that bowling alleys and supermarkets have nursery facilities, while schools and colleges and scientific laboratories and government offices do not. Betty Friedan

reading is a private act, private even from the person who wrote the book. Once the novel is out there, the author is beside the point. The reader and the book have their own relationship now, and should be left alone to work things out for themselves. Ann Patchett

Besides Germany, the only countries that don't have speed limits are places like Nepal, where road conditions are so bad that a limit would be beside the point. In other words, it's a little crazy that this is even a topic for debate in Germany. Sigmar Gabriel

I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point. Michael Caine

Force is always beside the point when sublety will serve. Darius I of Persia

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