moot point in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moot point",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moot points",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An issue that is subject to, or open for discussion or debate; originally, one to be definitively determined by an assembly of the people."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Until we rebuild downtown, whether we build more parking spaces is a moot point."
        }
      ],
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        "An issue regarded as debatable, but no longer practical."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "moot point"
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    {
      "form": "moot point",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moot points",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "moot point"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "An issue that is subject to, or open for discussion or debate; originally, one to be definitively determined by an assembly of the people."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Until we rebuild downtown, whether we build more parking spaces is a moot point."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An issue regarded as debatable, but no longer practical."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
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"moot point" meaning in English

Noun