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Is "moot" an autoantonym? It just takes a different meaning depending on if it's a verb or an adjective.

• pessimizer 4y ago
  It always has the same meaning if you squint hard enough (like many autoantonyms.) A very similar meaning to "tabled", which is why it came to mind. If a question is moot, it has been proposed but isn't necessarily useful. It could be because it was a question about a decision that has already been taken, or it could be because it's the first time the question has been asked. If a motion has been tabled, it is an issue that is pending a decision (on the table.) When Americans table a motion, they're saying that the only thing currently being done with the issue is to leave it on the table (active) to be dealt with later. When others table a motion, they're putting it on the table to be dealt with now. Americans leave things on the table to be dealt with, others put things on the table to be dealt with.