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Meaning of 'immaterial' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Immaterial [ a.]
- Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.
- Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial whether he does so or not.

Meaning of 'immaterial' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . immaterial [ a]
Meaning (1):
- without material form or substance
Example in sentence:
  • an incorporeal spirit
Meaning (2):
- of no importance or relevance especially to a law case
Example in sentence:
  • an objection that is immaterial after the fact
Meaning (3):
- not consisting of matter
Example in sentence:
  • ghosts and other immaterial entities;
  • immaterial apparitions
4 . immaterial [ s]
Meaning (4):
- not pertinent to the matter under consideration
Example in sentence:
  • an issue extraneous to the debate;
  • mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point;
  • the price was immaterial
Meaning (5):
- (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other
Example in sentence:
  • what others think is altogether indifferent to him;
  • whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)

Nearby Words:

immaculate immailed immalleable immanacle immanacled immanacling immanation immane immanence immanency

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