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mute1
/myo͞ot/
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adjective
adjective:
mute
1.
refraining from speech or temporarily speechless.
"Irene, the talkative one, was now mute"
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moot
/mo͞ot/
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adjective
adjective:
moot
- 1.
subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty.
"whether the temperature rise was mainly due to the greenhouse effect was a moot point"
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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
- 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
verb:
moot; 3rd person present:
moots; past tense:
mooted; past participle:
mooted; gerund or present participle:
mooting
- raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility).
"Sylvia needed a vacation, and a trip to Ireland had been mooted"
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bring up
broach
mention
put forward
introduce
advance
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propose
suggest
submit
propound
air
ventilate
noun
noun:
moot; plural noun:
moots
- 1.
historical
an assembly held for debate, especially in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times.
- a regular gathering of people having a common interest.
- 2.
Law
a mock trial set up to examine a hypothetical case as an academic exercise.
Origin
Old English
mōt ‘assembly or meeting’ and
mōtian ‘to converse’, of Germanic origin; related to meet1. The adjective (originally an attributive noun use: see moot court) dates from the mid 16th century; the current verb sense dates from the mid 17th century.
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adjective. 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 p