moot point

Idioms  

1. A debatable question, an issue open to argument; also, an irrelevant question, a matter of no importance. For example, Whether Shakespeare actually wrote the poem remains a moot point among critics, or It's a moot point whether the chicken or the egg came first. This term originated in British law where it described a point for discussion in a moot, or assembly, of law students. By the early 1700s it was being used more loosely in the present sense.

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Example Sentences

One thing is clear: It’s a moot point for survivors of the Eaton and Palisades fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

All this may be a moot point after Nvidia day on Wednesday.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

The next step is for the country’s High Constitutional Court to approve the vote, but the military’s move may have made it a moot point.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

"It's a moot point with me but if I was dependent on the buses, I think it would be a terrible disaster for the pensioners and all of the people of Carryduff," Mr Fallis added.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

It was a moot point, regardless: Kasischke and Groom were in such bad shape that going anywhere was out of the question for the time being.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer