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| moot [ moot ] |
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1. arguable: open to argument or dispute
  Whether nutritional supplements are beneficial is a moot question.
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2. not relevant: irrelevant or unimportant
If they refuse to compromise, mediation is a moot issue.
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3. law not legally relevant: legally insignificant because of having already been decided or settled
Whether he was entitled to do business under that name was moot, because his company had ceased trading.
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verb (past and past participle moot·ed, present participle moot·ing, 3rd person present singular moots) |
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1. transitive verb suggest topic: to offer an idea for consideration or a topic for discussion
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usually passive
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2. intransitive verb law have formal argument: to take part in a debate, especially one organized as an academic exercise, e.g. a hypothetical case argued among law students
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noun (plural moots) |
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1. law debate on hypothetical issue: an academic discussion in which people such as law students argue hypothetically or plead a hypothetical legal case
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2. history Anglo-Saxon local court: in Anglo-Saxon England, a formal gathering for settling legal and administrative matters
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| [ Old English mōt "assembly" < Germanic, "meeting"] |
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| moot·ness noun |
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