mooted
SayMOOT-id/ˈmuːtɪd/
- 1Past tense and past participle of moot. Use it for something done earlier, or after 'has', 'have' or 'was'.
Plans for a new park were mooted at the town meeting.
Someone mooted the idea of a class trip to the zoo.
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- 2Made or shown to be no longer worth arguing about or deciding.
When the town closed the old pool, the fight over its summer hours became mooted.
Once the law changed, the lawsuit was mooted and the judge closed the case.
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mooted is a form of moot
moot, verb: To suggest an idea or question so people can talk about it, or to discuss it. Full entry
- Spelling
- moot → mooted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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