Immaterial

Quick meaning: Immaterial is an adjective meaning Having no matter or substance; incorporeal.

Meaning

Having no matter or substance; incorporeal.

More Meanings

1. Of the nature of the soul or spirit; spiritual.
2. Of no importance; inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant.
3. Having or seeming to have very little substance; insubstantial, slight.
4. (countable, chiefly in the plural) A being or entity having no matter or substance.
5. Especially of evidence; chiefly followed by to: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed; irrelevant.
6. (countable, chiefly in the plural) A thing which is abstract or intangible; (uncountable) chiefly preceded by the: things which are abstract or intangible considered collectively.

Example Sentences

Some believe that because ghosts are immaterial, they can pass through walls.

Objection, your Honour! The defendant’s criminal record is immaterial to this case.

No, vvhy art thou then exaſperate, thou idle, / immaterial ſkeine of ſleiue ſilke; thou greene ſacenet flap for a ſore eye, thou toſſell of a prodigalls purſe— […]

He was perpetually at her side, trying, apparently, to preserve the thread of a disconnected talk, the fate of which was, to judge by her face, profoundly immaterial to the young lady.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for immaterial

Depending on context, synonyms include intangible, nonmaterial, unmaterial, airy, aery, ethereal.

Antonyms for immaterial

Common opposites include corporeal, material, tangible, actual, bodily, choical.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unbodied, disembodied, incorporeal, bodiless, unembodied, indifferent.

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