/ muːt; NAmE / adjective , verb
■ adjective
( NAmE ) unlikely to happen and therefore not worth considering :
He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy.
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IDIOMS
- a moot point / question
■ verb
[ vn ] [ usually passive ] ( formal ) to suggest an idea for people to discuss
SYN propose , put forward
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English mōt assembly or meeting and mōtian to converse , of Germanic origin; related to meet . The adjective (originally an attributive noun use: see moot court ) dates from the mid 16th cent.; the current verb sense dates from the mid 17th cent.