adjective, verb
adjective (AmE) unlikely to happen and therefore not worth considering:
He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy.
IDIOMS
a moot point / question (BrE, AmE) a matter about which there may be disagreement or uncertainty:
Whether this should be enforced by law or not is a moot point.
verb [VN] [usuallypassive] (formal) to suggest an idea for people to discuss
SYNPROPOSE, PUTFORWARD:
The plan was first mooted at last week's meeting.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for moot is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does moot appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — moot appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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