beside the point
Example Sentences
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Sometimes the creative execution is beside the point in the long run.
He never begged off for an afternoon beauty date with his grandmother—the fact that he didn’t have a grandmother was beside the point.
From Literature
Whether the faked White House photo of Nekina Levy Armstrong was genuinely meant to fool anyone is, I think, beside the point.
From Salon
Boaz still hadn’t quite gotten over the mental image of Daniel on a ship in the Bahamas looking for sharks, but that was beside the point.
From Literature
Quality is almost beside the point.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
