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beside the point en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Irrelevant, moot.
    • His many charitable donations are beside the point. They do not make up for the fact that he stole the money to begin with.

Forms

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besides the point alternative, uncommon lexicographic

Antonyms

to the point

Translations (14)

fr c'est pas le problème (irrelevant) · mi hape (irrelevant) · it non c'entra (irrelevant) · it fuori contesto (irrelevant) · es despropositado (irrelevant) · pl bez związku (irrelevant) · de darum geht es nicht (irrelevant) · is sem kemur málinu ekki við (irrelevant) · is utan við efnið (irrelevant) · fi asiaankuulumaton (irrelevant) · it irrilevante (irrelevant) · es no venir a cuento (irrelevant) · is óviðkomandi (irrelevant) · es no venir al caso (irrelevant)

beside the point en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Irrelevantly, off-topic.
    • Judges in the British law courts used to tell lawyers who spoke beside the point or quoted irrelevant cases that they might as well say that Robin Hood in Barnsdale stood. 1944, George Stimpson, A Book about a Thousand Things, quoted in Marcus A.J. Smith and Julian Wasserman, "In the Sheriff's Court: […] ", in Thomas G. Hahn (editor), Robin Hood in Popular Culture, Boydell & Brewer (2000), page 229

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
besides the point alternative, uncommon lexicographic

Synonyms

neither here nor there

Translations (8)

is utan við efnið (irrelevantly) · pl bez związku (irrelevantly) · es despropositadamente (irrelevantly) · it irrilevantemente (irrelevantly) · is óviðkomandi (irrelevantly) · is sem kemur málinu ekki við (irrelevantly) · fi asian vierestä (irrelevantly) · es fuera de propósito (irrelevantly)