moot
doubtful, questionable
STATISTICS
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There are some two million people of Cuban descent now living in the United States. How far Cuba is a country that is therefore for the good of all Cubans is very much a MOOT POINT.
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moot
adjective
- subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty.
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ORIGIN
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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EXAMPLES
- 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.
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SYNONYMS
debatable, open to debate, open to discussion, arguable, questionable, at issue, open to question, open, doubtful, open to doubt, disputable, contestable, controvertible, problematic, problematical, controversial, contentious, vexed, disputed, unresolved, unsettled, up in the air, undecided, yet to be decided, undetermined, unconcluded
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO A CONVERSATION TODAY
say something like:
"That's a moot point Franz, maybe we should just agree to differ."
adjective
- subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty.
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ORIGIN
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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EXAMPLES
- 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.
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SYNONYMS
debatable, open to debate, open to discussion, arguable, questionable, at issue, open to question, open, doubtful, open to doubt, disputable, contestable, controvertible, problematic, problematical, controversial, contentious, vexed, disputed, unresolved, unsettled, up in the air, undecided, yet to be decided, undetermined, unconcluded
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO A CONVERSATION TODAY
say something like:
"That's a moot point Franz, maybe we should just agree to differ."
