From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmootmoot1 /muːt/ adjective 1 → a moot point/question2 American EnglishDON'T THINK SO/DOUBT IT a situation or possible action that is moot is no longer likely to happen or exist The fear that airstrikes could endanger troops is moot now that the army is withdrawing.
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moot• Even if Proposition 559 passes, it will become moot if the Supreme Court says it's unconstitutional.• It is a moot point whether hierarchies exist outside our own thought processes.• It's a moot point whether this is censorship.• Quite how long Lord Young was proposing to delay publication is a moot point.• Whether the law should be this is a moot point.• Whether they have appeared as part of the C. and A.G.'s audit is a moot point.• Whether this input has made a significant impact on the pattern of activity is a moot point.mootmoot2 verb → be mooted→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
moot• A final version has already been mooted.• Misha F is against pets in principle, but admitted to having three cats and mooted a Chekhov sequel, Three Cats.• Such is the Delors-led demand for uniformity that even this was mooted as a possibility.• As Jubilee 2000 draws to a close next month, climate change has been mooted as a possible successor issue.• Paris was mooted but when Henrietta could not find her passport they eloped to Edinburgh.• A new approach was being mooted in the heaving undergrowth of ultra-left literature.• It was mooted the association could offer a unique police view of current problems.• Once the trip was mooted, there were weeks of indecision about who would go and when.Origin moot1 (1500-1600) moot “law court, discussion” ((11-21 centuries)), from Old English mot moot2 Old English motian, from mot; → MOOT1 