moot 的 3 个定义
- open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: Whether that was the cause of their troubles is a moot point.
- of little or no practical value, meaning, or relevance; purely academic: In practical terms, the issue of her application is moot because the deadline has passed.
- Chiefly Law. not actual; theoretical; hypothetical.
- to present or introduce for discussion.
- to reduce or remove the practical significance of; make purely theoretical or academic.
- Archaic. to argue, especially in a mock court.
- an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- an argument or discussion, especially of a hypothetical legal case.
- Obsolete. a debate, argument, or discussion.
moot 近义词
doubtful, arguable
更多moot例句
- Plus, if Democrats win the Senate runoff races in Georgia, they’ll control all levers of government in Washington — and most, if not all, of these fights will become moot in two months.
- And, of course, they render moot the temptation to cheat, reducing the incidence of unethical behavior.
- Lawyers for the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and other groups say the state settlement doesn’t moot their suit, and they urged a federal judge not to grant Bluestone’s request to throw out the case.
- The appellate court’s move made moot the companies’ promises to pack up and leave the state if forced to comply.
- Equally the perennial question of, “Where should the product team sit” becomes moot, which could encourage more cross-team collaboration.
- At the end of the day, those debates were basically moot because Maliki made it impossible.
- If the answer is “no,” the question of whether the tactics are successful becomes moot.
- But the positives are moot if people fail to recognize the problem of eWaste and to realize they can do their part to reduce it.
- The question of whether the story is fit for publication is now moot.
- If Gov. Dave Heineman wants the job, I suspect he'll win the primary in a landslide, making this post a moot point.
- After a long talk during which we fixed up a good many moot points, went on to see General d'Amade.
- Besides drawing up the treaty of peace, the Congress of Paris settled various moot points in international law.
- The only moot point seemed to be whether he intended to slay the whole mob or be selective and cut down only important members.
- The effect of periods of depression, such as 1903 and 1908, upon the proportion of low-grade tonnage is a moot point.
- If we relied only on the rude representations painted on the vases, the question might be a moot one.