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 all of those players would have forced their way into Koeman's strongest Netherlands side is beside the point.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Yet overt corruption was beside the point for economic thinkers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Whether this is intentional behavior born of the arrogance of power or a symptom of a deteriorating mental state is somewhat beside the point.

From Salon ● May 26, 2026

But whether the inflation target “should” be 2% or 3% or some other number is beside the point.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

There was so much I wanted to ask him, so much I wanted to say; but somehow I knew there wasn’t time and even if there was, that it was all, somehow, beside the point.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt