# mooted

Pronunciation: say "MOOT-id" /ˈmuːtɪd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of moot. — simple past and past participle of moot
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of moot. Use it for something done earlier, or after 'has', 'have' or 'was'.
   - _A merger between the two airlines was first mooted last spring._
   - _The court found that the new policy had mooted the lawsuit, leaving nothing to decide._

## Adjective

2. Made, or shown to be, moot: no longer of practical importance, so not worth deciding.
   - Simple: Made or shown to be no longer worth arguing about or deciding.
   - _The court declined to rule on the mooted claims after the company changed its policy._
   - _Because the city repealed the ordinance, the challenge to it was mooted before it ever reached trial._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mooted (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).