- unlikely to happen and therefore not worth considering
- He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMoot is used with these nouns:- court
- point
Word OriginOld English mōt ‘assembly ’or‘ meeting’ and mōtian ‘to converse’, of Germanic origin; related to meet. The adjective (originally an attributive noun use: see moot court) dates from the mid 16th cent.; the current verb sense dates from the mid 17th cent.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See moot in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarya moot point/question
- (British English, North American English) a matter about which there may be difference of opinion or a lack of understanding
- Whether this should be enforced by law or not is a moot point.
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