Because our trip was cancelled, Tom and Ginny's argument about where to eat on the way became a moot point.
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Moot
//muːt//
Synonyms for "moot" (177 found)
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Strong matches (53)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (88)
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Adjective(1 words)
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3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
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5 entriesTranslations
86 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- спорен adj (subject to discussion)
- повдигам въпрос verb (to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose)
Catalan
3 entries- discutible adj (subject to discussion)
- irrellevant adj (having no practical importance)
- plantejar verb (to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose)
Czech
4 entries- diskutabilní adj (subject to discussion)
- sporný adj (subject to discussion)
- navrhnout (k diskusi) verb (to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose)
- předložit verb (to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose)
Dutch
4 entries- hypothetisch adj (subject to discussion)
- hypothetisch adj (having no practical importance)
- irrelevant adj (having no practical importance)
- ter discussie stellen verb (to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose)
Finnish
4 entries- asian vierestä adj (having no practical importance)
- epärelevantti adj (having no practical importance)
- kiistakysymys adj (subject to discussion)
- kiistanalainen adj (subject to discussion)
French
4 entries- discutable adj (subject to discussion)
- non pertinent adj (having no practical importance)
- stérile adj (having no practical importance)
- vain adj (having no practical importance)
German
4 entries- fraglich adj (subject to discussion)
- irrelevant adj (having no practical importance)
- müßig adj (having no practical importance)
- rein akademisch adj (having no practical importance)
Hungarian
4 entries- eldöntetlen adj (subject to discussion)
- függő adj (subject to discussion)
- függőben lévő adj (subject to discussion)
- hipotetikus adj (having no practical importance)
Italian
3 entries- controverso adj (subject to discussion)
- dibattuto adj (subject to discussion)
- discusso adj (subject to discussion)
Māori
1 entries- hape adj (having no practical importance)
Polish
2 entries- bezprzedmiotowy adj (having no practical importance)
- sporny adj (subject to discussion)
Portuguese
4 entries- discutível adj (subject to discussion)
- irrelevante adj (having no practical importance)
- pleitear verb (to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose)
- propor verb (to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose)
Russian
4 entries- гипотети́ческий adj (having no practical importance)
- дискуссио́нный adj (subject to discussion)
- спо́рный adj (subject to discussion)
- теорети́ческий adj (having no practical importance)
Spanish
4 entries- baldío adj (having no practical importance)
- menudo adj (having no practical importance)
- nimio adj (having no practical importance)
- por gusto adj (having no practical importance)
Swedish
3 entries- irrelevant adj (having no practical importance)
- ovidkommande adj (having no practical importance)
- oviktig adj (having no practical importance)
Ukrainian
2 entries- спі́рний adj (subject to discussion)
- підніма́ти пита́ння verb (to bring up as a subject for debate, to propose)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
That's a moot point.
Source: tatoeba (9241281)
It's a moot point.
Source: tatoeba (9390314)
It's a moot point now anyway.
Source: tatoeba (9629194)
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