moot
Being an exercise of thoughtBeing an exercise of thought; academic.
» That's a moot point for now.
Це питання наразі неактуальне.
Це наразі не на часі.
Meaning
3 senses(rare)Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
fraglich, strittig, umstritten
спо́рныйspórnyj, дискуссио́нныйdiskussiónnyj
спі́рнийspírnyj
(Canada, US)Being an exercise of thought; academic.
(Canada, US, uncommon)Having no practical consequence or relevance.
That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot.
irrelevant, müßig, rein akademisch
теорети́ческийteoretíčeskij, гипотети́ческийgipotɛtíčeskij
- of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
- open to argument or debate
Examples
6 sentencesThat's a moot point for now.
Це питання наразі неактуальне. — deniko
It's a moot point now anyway.
That's a moot point.
The idea was mooted in the meeting.
It's a moot point.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-GermaFrom Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots mut, mote (“meeting, assembly”), Low German Mööt (“meeting”), Moot (“meeting”), archaic Dutch (ge)moet (“meeting”), Danish møde (“meeting”), Swedish möte (“meeting”), Norwegian møte (“meeting”), Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”). Related to meet. The adjective derives from the noun.
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Forms
more moot, most mootSynonyms
5 synonyms- open to argument or debate:arguabledebatabledisputable
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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