moot
Not worth debating
As an adjective, moot has contrasting meanings in British and American English.
In British English, moot means subject to debate, doubt, or uncertainty, so a moot question is with more than one answer, and about which there is little agreement.
In American English, moot means of little or no practical value or importance,<br> so a moot question is a trivial or irrelevant question.
If you moot a subject, you raise it for discussion (British English) or you reduce or remove its significance (American English).
Open to dispute
- disputableAble to be challenged
- contestableAble to be challenged
- questionableOf uncertain validity
- controversialCausing public dispute
unsettled · open · unresolved · undecided · inconclusive · ambiguous · uncertain · doubtful
Gathering for discussion
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- assemblyConstructing from components
- thingUnspecified entity or matter
Anglo-Saxon · village · deliberation · discussion · hall · community · elders · parliament
Lacking any purpose
- academicRelating to education or theory
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
superfluous · redundant · obsolete · superseded · hypothetical · abstract · speculative · nugatory
Imitation of real processes
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- briefShort in duration
- appellateRelating to appeals
- benchShared seating surface
respondent · petitioner · advocacy · forensics · hypothetical · jurisprudence · bar · tribunal
arguable
Open to dispute
- disputableAble to be challenged
- contestableAble to be challenged
- questionableOf uncertain validity
controversial · unsettled · open · unresolved · undecided · inconclusive · ambiguous · uncertain · doubtful · speculative
meeting
Gathering for discussion
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- assemblyConstructing from components
thing · Anglo-Saxon · village · deliberation · discussion · hall · community · elders · parliament · convocation
pointless
Lacking any purpose
- academicRelating to education or theory
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
inconsequential · superfluous · redundant · obsolete · superseded · hypothetical · abstract · speculative · nugatory · inapplicable
simulation
Imitation of real processes
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- briefShort in duration
- appellateRelating to appeals
bench · respondent · petitioner · advocacy · forensics · hypothetical · jurisprudence · bar · tribunal · adjudication
- uncertaintyuncertainty, uncertain, unknown, unsure, unclear
- "OO" wordsmoon, food, soon, room, cool
- VikingsViking, longships, longship, raiding, Norse settlers
- assembliesdelegates, gathering, Roman Senate, sessions, general assembly
- contronymscleave, sanction, bolt, dust, fast
- Anglo-SaxonWessex, Mercia, Essex, Sussex, Kent
mootrelevant
Applying to the topic
pertinent · material · germane · applicable · significant
mootsettled
No longer in question
decided · resolved · indisputable · undeniable · incontrovertible
- moot pointIrrelevant issue for debate
- moot courtHypothetical case exercise