beside the point vs unclear

beside the point

adj
  • Irrelevant, moot. 

adv
  • Irrelevantly, off-topic. 

unclear

adj
  • Not clearly or explicitly defined. 

  • Not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable. 

  • Ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation. 

  • Not having a clear idea; uncertain. 

verb
  • To undo the process of clearing. 

How often have the words beside the point and unclear occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )