moot point

Noun

 * 1) An issue that is subject to, or open for, discussion or debate, to which no satisfactory answer is found; originally, one to be definitively determined by an assembly of the people.
 * 2) An issue regarded as potentially debatable, but no longer practically applicable. Although the idea may still be worth debating and exploring academically, and such discussion may be useful for addressing similar issues in the future, the idea has been rendered irrelevant for the present issue.
 * 1) An issue regarded as potentially debatable, but no longer practically applicable. Although the idea may still be worth debating and exploring academically, and such discussion may be useful for addressing similar issues in the future, the idea has been rendered irrelevant for the present issue.
 * 1) An issue regarded as potentially debatable, but no longer practically applicable. Although the idea may still be worth debating and exploring academically, and such discussion may be useful for addressing similar issues in the future, the idea has been rendered irrelevant for the present issue.
 * 1) An issue regarded as potentially debatable, but no longer practically applicable. Although the idea may still be worth debating and exploring academically, and such discussion may be useful for addressing similar issues in the future, the idea has been rendered irrelevant for the present issue.

Usage notes

 * The first usage given above is the original meaning of the phrase.
 * The second usage given is modern and is the meaning more commonly understood in American English, possibly because of the association with moot court.

Translations

 * Czech: předmět diskuse
 * Danish: stridspunkt, åbent spørgsmål
 * Finnish: tahtokysymys, kiistanalainen kysymys, päätettävä asia
 * French:
 * German:, offene Frage, fragliche Sache
 * Greek: αμφιλεγόμενο θέμα
 * Polish: kwestia do dyskusji, kwestia dyskusyjna
 * Romanian: punct de discuție
 * Russian: спо́рный вопро́с
 * Ukrainian: спі́рне пита́ння


 * Danish: teoretisk spørgsmål, akademisk spørgsmål
 * Finnish: sivuseikka, epäolennainen kysymys,
 * German: akademische Frage
 * Italian: questione di lana caprina
 * Polish: kwestia czysto akademicka