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Immaterial Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Immaterial? [adj] not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities" [adj] without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit" [adj] lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; often followed by"to"; "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"; "what others think is altogether indifferent to him" [adj] of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact" [adj] not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Immaterial: bodiless \| discorporate \| disembodied \| extraneous \| impertinent \| incorporeal \| indifferent \| intangible \| irrelevant \| nonmaterial \| nonphysical \| spiritual \| unbodied \| unembodied \| unimportant Related Terms \| Find terms related to Immaterial: adrift \| aerial \| airy \| apparitional \| asomatous \| astral \| back-burner \| beside the mark \| beside the point \| beside the question \| bodiless \| celestial \| decarnate \| decarnated \| dinky \| discarnate \| disembodied \| dispensable \| ephemeral \| ethereal \| evanescent \| extramundane \| extraneous \| extrinsic \| fanciful \| flimsy \| foreign \| ghostly \| heavenly \| illusory \| imaginary \| impalpable \| impertinent \| imponderable \| inadmissible \| inapplicable \| inapposite \| inappreciable \| inappropriate \| incidental \| inconsequent \| inconsequential \| inconsiderable \| incorporate \| incorporeal \| inessential \| inferior \| insensible \| insignificant \| insubstantial \| intangible \| irrelative \| irrelevant \| light \| little \| merely nominal \| metaphysical \| minor \| minute \| negligible \| nihil ad rem \| nonessential \| nonmaterial \| nonphysical \| nonsubstantial \| not at issue \| not real \| not vital \| nugatory \| occult \| off the subject \| otherworldly \| out-of-the-way \| parenthetical \| petit \| petty \| phantom \| psychic \| shadowy \| slight \| small \| spiritual \| subjective \| supernatural \| technical \| transmundane \| trifling \| trivial \| unactual \| unconcrete \| unearthly \| unembodied \| unessential \| unextended \| unfleshly \| unimportant \| unimpressive \| unnoteworthy \| unphysical \| unreal \| unrealistic \| unsolid \| unsubstanced \| unsubstantial \| unworldly \| weightless See Also \| insubstantial \| unreal \| unsubstantial Immaterial In Webster's Dictionary \Im`mate"rial\ ([i^]m`m[.a]t[=e]"r[i^]al), a. [Pref. im- not + material: cf. F. immat['e]riel.] 1. Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied. Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual. --Hooker. 2. Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial whether he does so or not. Syn: Unimportant; inconsequential; insignificant; inconsiderable; trifling.

Immaterial Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Immaterial?

[adj] not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities"
[adj] without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit"
[adj] lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; often followed by"to"; "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"; "what others think is altogether indifferent to him"
[adj] of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact"
[adj] not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"

See Also | insubstantial | unreal | unsubstantial

Immaterial In Webster's Dictionary

\Im`ma*te"ri*al\ ([i^]m`m[.a]*t[=e]"r[i^]*al), a.
[Pref. im- not + material: cf. F. immat['e]riel.]
1. Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual;
   disembodied.

         Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual.
                                               --Hooker.

2. Of no substantial consequence; without weight or
   significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial
   whether he does so or not.

Syn: Unimportant; inconsequential; insignificant;
     inconsiderable; trifling.

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