 immaterial |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] of no importance or relevance especially to a law case | |
| Examples: | "an objection that is immaterial after the fact" |
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| Related terms: | material | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] without material form or substance | |
| Synonyms: | incorporeal | |
| Examples: | "an incorporeal spirit" |
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| Related terms: | corporeal discorporate spiritual unbodied materiality | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; often followed by "to" | |
| Synonyms: | indifferent | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | unimportant | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] not pertinent to the matter under consideration | |
| Synonyms: | extraneous orthogonal impertinent | |
| Examples: | "an issue extraneous to the debate" "the price was immaterial" "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point" |
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| Related terms: | irrelevant | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] not consisting of matter | |
| Synonyms: | nonmaterial | |
| Examples: | "immaterial apparitions" "ghosts and other immaterial entities" |
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| Related terms: | material intangible insubstantial materiality | |
| Similar spelling: |
immaterialize immateriality immaterialise immaturely immature immaturity |
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