Phrase info

moot point

Speech parts

1. moot point - Noun

2. moot point - Phrase

Meaning

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.

An issue regarded as potentially debatable, but no longer practically applicable. Although the idea may still be worth debating and exploring academically, and such discussion may be useful for addressing similar issues in the future, the idea has been rendered irrelevant for the present issue.
Until we rebuild downtown, whether we build more parking spaces is a moot point.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

“At the end of the day, if I don’t continue what I’m doing, even this week or next week, all those talks and all of that’s a moot point. Source: Internet

But if the approach isn’t reducing your reflux symptoms, this may be a moot point. Source: Internet

Again, there still no Men on the scene, so it’s a moot point. Source: Internet

Anyway, this is a moot point now, but I hope this helped explain the problem. Source: Internet

For those of us slogging away at our desks decades away from retirement, it might feel like a moot point. Source: Internet

“But,” she added, “that may be a moot point, because of concerns about free speech.” Source: Internet

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