other words for waste of time bootless errand. lost cause. merry chase.

What is another word for no point?

What is another word for pointless?

pointless(a) Antonyms: close, sharp, telling, pregnant, significant, expressive, forcible, epigrammatic. Synonyms: vague, vapid, aimless, inexpressive, feeble.

I agree with Paul Robinson – In general American (Colloquial) English usage, a “moot point” is one that is, contrary to the original definition, “no longer open to debate;” is irrelevant; is an argument that no longer has any practical consequence. The point is moot. It’s closed; it’s over; it’s no longer significant.

1a : open to question : debatable. b : subjected to discussion : disputed. 2 : deprived of practical significance : made abstract or purely academic. moot. verb.

The meaning of ‘moot’ is a moot point – whichever variety of English you speak. Later a moot point, initially a legal issue, became used more widely to mean one that was open to argument, debatable or uncertain.

A moot point is a fact that doesn’t matter because it’s not relevant to the current situation. There is no such phrase as mute point; it’s an error.

This term originated in British law where it described a point for discussion in a moot, or assembly, of law students. By the early 1700s it was being used more loosely in the present sense.

Noun. moot point (plural moot points) 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.

A moot point can be either an issue open for debate, or a matter of no practical value or importance because it’s hypothetical. The latter is more common in modern American English. The term comes from British law where it describes a hypothetical point of discussion used as teaching exercise for law students.

If a plan, idea, or subject is mooted, it is suggested or introduced for discussion. If something is a moot point or question, people cannot agree about it.

An unattainable goal. Trying to catch a will o’ the wisp is impossible, much like trying to catch lightning in a bottle, and so the phrase came to mean anything that can’t be done. …

Give up the ghost is an idiom that may be traced back as far as the 1600s. To give up the ghost means to expire or die, or in the case of a mechanical object, to stop working. The phrase give up the ghost may be traced back to the King James Bible, printed in the early 1600s.

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 passed.

When a point is moot, it’s too trivial to think about. If your basketball team loses by 40 points, the bad call by the official in the first quarter is moot: it isn’t important.

Dissolves the Controversy

Justiciability refers to the types of matters that a court can adjudicate. If a case is “nonjusticiable,” then the court cannot hear it. Typically, these issues are all up to the discretion of the court which is adjudicating the issue.

‘” Standing limits participation in lawsuits and asks whether the person(s) bringing a lawsuit, or defending one, has enough cause to “stand” before the court and advocate, since not anyone can go to court for any reason. To have standing, a party must show an “injury in fact” to their own legal interests.