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    moot
    /muːt/

    adjective

    • 1. subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty: "whether they had been successful or not was a moot point"
    • 2. having little or no practical relevance, typically because the subject is too uncertain to allow a decision: "the whole matter is becoming increasingly moot"

    verb

    • 1. raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility): "the scheme was first mooted last October"

    noun

    • 1. an assembly held for debate, especially in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times. historical
    • 2. a mock judicial proceeding set up to examine a hypothetical case as an academic exercise: "the object of a moot is to provide practice in developing an argument"

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