mooted
Raised for discussion
Mooted is the past tense of moot, meaning raised for discussion or debate: The idea was first mooted at last year's conference.
In American legal usage, a case that has been mooted has become irrelevant because circumstances changed—the issue is now moot.
British and American meanings diverge here: to moot something in British English is to propose it; in American English, something mooted may be dismissed as purely hypothetical.
Disputed verbally
- disputedArgued over, unresolved
- contestedArgued against, disputed
- challengedDisputed or questioned
- deliberatedThought carefully before deciding
questioned · discussed · raised · floated · broached · ventilated · canvassed · hashed out
Offered for consideration
- recommendedEndorsed as worthwhile
- advancedFar along in development
- submittedFormally gave for consideration
- presentedFormally gave or showed
proposition · initiative · concept · idea · plan · floated · broached · posited
Assumed but unproven
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- abstractCondensed version of text
- conjecturalBased on incomplete evidence
- academicRelating to education or theory
notional · suppositional · postulated · unproven · untested · conceptual · philosophical · intellectual
Relating to education or theory
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- redundantExceeding what's needed
- beside the pointUnrelated to the matter
immaterial · settled · resolved · decided · closed · bygone · outdated · past
argued
Disputed verbally
- disputedArgued over, unresolved
- contestedArgued against, disputed
- challengedDisputed or questioned
deliberated · questioned · discussed · raised · floated · broached · ventilated · canvassed · hashed out · tabled
suggested
Offered for consideration
- recommendedEndorsed as worthwhile
- advancedFar along in development
- submittedFormally gave for consideration
presented · proposition · initiative · concept · idea · plan · floated · broached · posited · hypothesized
hypothetical
Assumed but unproven
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- abstractCondensed version of text
- conjecturalBased on incomplete evidence
academic · notional · suppositional · postulated · unproven · untested · conceptual · philosophical · intellectual · debatable
academic
Relating to education or theory
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- redundantExceeding what's needed
beside the point · immaterial · settled · resolved · decided · closed · bygone · outdated · past · void
- moot pointIrrelevant issue for debate
- moot courtHypothetical case exercise