adjective / verb / noun
moot
Open to discussion or proposed for discussion.
The cause remains moot, with experts still debating competing explanations.
Etymology
The Old English ancestor names an assembly or meeting. Questions brought before such a gathering are matters for debate, giving moot its discussable sense.
More examples
- The committee moots a plan to extend library hours.
- Law students argue a fictional case in their first moot.
- The date is still moot, so we discuss several options.
Forms
moot · moots · mooted · mooting