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   Im·ma·te·ri·al

   /ˌiməˈtirēəl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. unimportant under the circumstances; irrelevant: "so long as the band kept the beat, what they played was immaterial" Similar irrelevantunimportantinconsequentialinsignificantof no matter/momentof little accountbeside the pointnot to the pointneither here nor thereinappositenot pertinentnot germanetrivialtriflingpettysuperficialperipheraltangentialextraneousOpposite importantsignificant
   • 2. spiritual, rather than physical: "we have immaterial souls" Similar intangibleincorporealnot materialbodilessunembodieddisembodiedimpalpableetherealunsubstantialinsubstantialairyaerialspiritualghostlyspectralwraithliketranscendentalunearthlysupernaturalrare:discarnatedisincarnateunbodiedphantasmalphantasmicOpposite physicaltangible

   Word Origin late Middle English (in immaterial (sense 2)): from late Latin immaterialis, from in- ‘not’ + materialis ‘relating to matter’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. immateriality noun
   • 2. immaterially adverb

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