beside the point

Idioms  

1. Also,. Irrelevant, off the subject. For example, Whether you had insurance is beside the point; the accident is your fault. These terms came into common use in the mid-1800s. Also see neither here nor there.

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beside the point

Whether the plan was possible or not appeared to be beside the point.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Even so, how she looked was beside the point.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

That Whitman never wrote those four words is beside the point now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

In many ways, the question of whether there is a signed contract is beside the point.

From Salon ● May 18, 2026

Jokes about farts were now beside the point.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton