moot point
An issue that is subject to, or open for, discussion or debate, to which no…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.
» That's a moot point for now.
Це питання наразі неактуальне.
Це наразі не на часі.
Meaning
2 sensesAn 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.
Streitpunkt, offene Frage, fragliche Sache
спо́рный вопро́сspórnyj voprós
спі́рне пита́нняspírne pytánnja
An issue hardly worth debating because it is no longer practically applicable.
Until we rebuild downtown, whether we build more parking spaces is a moot point.
Who really owned that horse is a moot point now that it has run away.
Examples
5 sentencesThat's a moot point for now.
Це питання наразі неактуальне.
It's a moot point now anyway.
That's a moot point.
It's a moot point.
Because our trip was cancelled, Tom and Ginny's argument about where to eat on the way became a moot point.
Translations
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Origin
From moot (“assembly”) + point.From moot (“assembly”) + point.
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Forms
plural: moot points| Singular | moot point |
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