beside the point

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.

Example Sentences

The customers became, oddly, beside the point.

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But the accuracy of these arguments is almost beside the point.

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And yet, to the opponents of apartheid such as Nelson Mandela, Mr. Easterly reminds us, “this accurate empirical statement was beside the point.”

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But the corporate stunts are almost beside the point.

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The executive orders’ blatant illegality is beside the point.

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