Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unsettled; disputed; argued; subject to different opinions; moot.
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- adjective Made, or
proven to be,moot . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
moot .
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Examples
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Interestingly, another name mooted for the next season of CA is Kris Smith, husband of Dannii Minogue, who will replace the Hoff on BGT.
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No further discussions took place, nor was the question again mooted in the Cabinet until Christmas Day.
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Life term mooted for fatal street racers STREET car racers who cause death by dangerous driving could face life imprisonment under legislation to be proposed in the South Australian parliament.
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Life term mooted for fatal street racers STREET car racers who cause death by dangerous driving could face life imprisonment under legislation to be proposed in the South Australian parliament.
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So why is one a scandal, replete with arrests, resignations and parliamentary inquests, while the other is merely a controversy, with Mr. Assange's name mooted in some quarters for a Nobel Peace Prize?
News of the World vs. WikiLeaks Bret Stephens 2011
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However, the idea mooted by Dundee United chairman Stephen Thompson that the clubs finishing in the top four places of the elite division should play-off to decide the destination of the title, was rejected out of hand.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The panel has accepted the idea mooted by Maken to hold its periodic meetings at places that had linkages to the freedom struggle.
Analysis 2010
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Kangaroos chief executive Eugene Arocca called the mooted improvements the "last piece of the jigsaw puzzle", after the recent completion of a $15.15 million facility on the site.
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The panel has accepted the idea mooted by Maken to hold its periodic meetings at places that had linkages to the freedom struggle.
Analysis 2010
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A merger with BBC Worldwide or Five has been mooted, which is expected to announce big job cuts.
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