moot+point

  • 1Moot point — Moot Moot, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, a meeting; usually in comp.] [Written also {mote}.] 1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2moot point — index problem, thesis Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 moot point …

    Law dictionary

  • 3moot point — If something s a moot point, there s some disagreement about it: a debatable point. In the U.S., this expression usually means that there is no point in debating something, because it just doesn t matter. An example: If you are arguing over… …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 4moot point — noun An undecided or disputed point • • • Main Entry: ↑moot …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 5moot point —    If something s a moot point, there s some disagreement about it: a debatable point. In the U.S., this expression usually means that there is no point in debating something, because it just doesn t matter. An example: If you are arguing over… …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 6moot point — noun a) An issue that is subject to, or open for discussion or debate; originally, one to be definitively determined by an assembly of the people. Exactly which of the songs on Small Change originated in London is a moot point. b) An issue… …

    Wiktionary

  • 7Moot point —   If something s a moot point, there s some disagreement about it; a debatable point …

    Dictionary of English idioms

  • 8moot point — point which is debatable, subject which is open for discussion …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 9moot point — Synonyms and related words: bone of contention, catechism, cross interrogatory, cross question, debating point, demand, feeler, inquiry, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, issue, leader, leading question, point at issue, point in… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 10moot point — /mut ˈpɔɪnt/ (say mooht poynt) noun 1. a matter which is uncertain and open to debate. 2. Originally US an irrelevant argument. {moot1 + point1 (def. 22) …