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mootness

noun

Etymology

From moot + -ness.

  1. derived from *meh₂d-✻ — “to encounter, come”
  2. inherited from *mōtą✻
  3. inherited from *mōt✻
  4. inherited from mōt
  5. suffixed as mootness — “moot + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being moot.

    • While Mr. Garre urged the court to dismiss the case under threshold questions like mootness and standing, Ms. Beeson tried to steer the judges toward the merits.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA