beside the point

phrase

: irrelevant

Examples of beside the point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Martinez’s lawyer, Chris Parente, said that the body camera footage of what happened to his client is beside the point, which is that officers involved in shootings need to be disciplined by DHS and ultimately prosecuted. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 15 July 2026

That technical emphasis became central to the legal strategy at the Cincinnati trial, where the defense argued that subject matter was beside the point and the art lay entirely in composition. — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Today, those specific discs serve as an accidental record of a pivotal moment in Hollywood, and whether their narrative content ever deserves the public’s attention again is arguably beside the point. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 July 2026

Whether consumers remember all five mechanisms is almost beside the point. — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for beside the point

• adjoint
• anoint
• appoint
• checkpoint
• conjoint
• disjoint
• endpoint
• gunpoint
• midpoint
• nonpoint
• pinpoint
• standpoint