moot

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Editorial note

And it's worth noting that trying to license the image would have been moot.

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Quick take

a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; "he organized the weekly moot"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of moot gathered in one view.

noun

a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; "he organized the weekly moot"

verb

think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

adjective

of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for moot.

noun

a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; "he organized the weekly moot"

verb

think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

adjective

of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)

adjective

open to argument or debate; "that is a moot question"

See also: arguable, debatable, disputable

Example sentences

And it's worth noting that trying to license the image would have been moot.

It's kind of hilarious how much easier it is to summon moot on HN than on, say, 4chan.

Humanity does not know how to unkill a cat, so if I did so while the lawsuit was pending, I would make the lawsuit moot and evade justice.

Because moot runs one of the largest, most active, and longest-lived anonymous social networks and discussion boards on the 'net?

"Special needs" -- moot's engineering challenges were not unique, they just didn't like the trendy frameworks.

Modern cryptosystems were designed not just to account for prior attacks but, as much as possible, to moot them entirely.

* But that is a moot point if you are arrested, because the police are explicitly entitled to search your person and your car for evidence if you're arrested.

I always appreciate what moot has to say, and I think he's absolutely correct about anonymity creating a stage in which it's fine to fail publically.

If the parties to a lawsuit settle the case, then that case is moot, and with very limited exceptions, the judge is automatically stripped of pretty much all authority in the matter.

How is that allowed to happen in the nation that invented the Internet?All the arguments about distance and density are moot when talking about major cities; San Francisco is very dense.