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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Example Sentences

Quality is almost beside the point.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet, all this effort might be beside the point, said Mamdouh Medhat, research director at Dimensional Fund Advisors.

From The Wall Street Journal

Whatever the precise chronology, it’s beside the point.

From Slate

Whether the scan reflects a genuine medical concern or a reality-TV narrative beat is almost beside the point.

From Salon

But for Liu, a doctoral student at the University of Southern California, AI’s ability to perform this drudgery is beside the point.

From The Wall Street Journal