EGAVE

moot

About 0.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
  2. adjective Being an exercise of thought; academic.
  3. adjective Having no practical consequence or relevance.
    That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot.
  4. noun A moot court.
  5. noun A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
  6. noun A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting two weeks.
  7. noun A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
  8. noun An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Similar words

debate debatable deliberate contestable consider disputable disputed controversial turn over arguable

Often followed by

point question court the and points because by in

Word family

mooted mooting moots

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