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moot point
Idioms and Phrases
A debatable question, an issue open to argument; also, an irrelevant question, a matter of no importance. For example, Whether Shakespeare actually wrote the poem remains a moot point among critics , or It's a moot point whether the chicken or the egg came first . This term originated in British law where it described a point for discussion in a moot , or assembly, of law students. By the early 1700s it was being used more loosely in the present sense.Example Sentences
"It's a moot point with me but if I was dependent on the buses, I think it would be a terrible disaster for the pensioners and all of the people of Carryduff," Mr Fallis added.
Yes, he originally wanted to become president again to stay out of jail but the Supreme Court took care of that last summer so it became a moot point.
Whether that was achieved on day one is a moot point but Woods' follow-up that this is "not traditional golf" was bang on the mark.
"It's slightly ironic, these people are definitely not Christian, yet they are copying a Christian image - the moot point is if they understood the imagery - and they blundered the lettering, so they're certainly not literate."
“The house is just kind of a moot point to me,” he said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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