Deaf people are mute to the real points that were made, and major on the minors instead, looking for a way to change the subject.
I think the word you are trying to use is "MOOT"
moot1
/mut/ - [moot]
–adjective
1.open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: a moot point.
2.of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic.
3.Chiefly Law. not actual; theoretical; hypothetical. –verb (used with object)
4.to present or introduce (any point, subject, project, etc.) for discussion.
5.to reduce or remove the practical significance of; make purely theoretical or academic.
6.Archaic. to argue (a case), esp. in a mock court.
–noun
7.an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
8.an argument or discussion, esp. of a hypothetical legal case.
9.Obsolete. a debate, argument, or discussion.
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mute
/myut/ [myoot] mut·er, mut·est, noun, verb, mut·ed, mut·ing.
–adjective
1.silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
2.not emitting or having sound of any kind.
3.incapable of speech; dumb.
4.(of letters) silent; not pronounced.
5.Law. (of a person who has been arraigned) making no plea or giving an irrelevant response when arraigned, or refusing to stand trial (used chiefly in the phrase
to stand mute).
6.Fox Hunting. (of a hound) hunting a line without giving tongue or cry.
–noun 7.a person incapable of speech.
8.an actor whose part is confined to dumb show.
9.Law. a person who stands mute when arraigned.
10.Also called
sordino. a mechanical device of various shapes and materials for muffling the tone of a musical instrument. 11.Phonetics. a stop.
12.British Obsolete. a hired mourner at a funeral; a professional mourner.
–verb (used with object) 13.to deaden or muffle the sound of.
14.to reduce the intensity of (a color) by the addition of another color.
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