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immaterial

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adjirrelevant

adjnot existing in physical form

Word Origin & History

late 14c., "spiritual, incorporeal," from Medieval Latin immaterialis "not consisting of matter, spiritual," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Late Latin materialis (see material). Secondary sense of "unimportant" is first recorded 1690s from material in its 16c. sense of "important." Related: Immaterially.

Example Sentences for immaterial

A man is at once material and immaterial, mortal and immortal.

That he had been given an opportunity to sin was immaterial.

I believe now that you are misinformed as to the facts, but that is immaterial.

What he should do when he arrived and found them there was immaterial; he must get there, that was all.

Voices also ascended, wonderful in their distinct and immaterial clearness.

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Synonyms for immaterial

adj irrelevant

extraneous
inconsequential
meaningless
trivial
unimportant
foreign
impertinent
inapplicable
inapposite
inappropriate
inconsiderable
inconsiderate
inessential
insignificant
irrelative
matter of indifference
no big deal
no never mind
of no account
of no consequence
of no importance
trifling
unnecessary

Antonyms for immaterial

important
relevant
significant
useful
valuable
worthwhile
bodily
essential
material
meaningful
physical
real
solid
substantial

More words related to immaterial

airy

adjective. delicate or ethereal

dainty
diaphanous
flimsy
fragile
frail
frivolous
illusory
imaginary
immaterial
intangible
light
rare
rarefied
tenuous
thin
vaporous
visionary
volatile
weightless
wispy

beside the point

adjective. not pertaining to

beside the question
extraneous
immaterial
inapplicable
incidental
inconsequential
insignificant
irrelevant
nihil ad rem
not at issue
not important
not to the purpose
off the subject
pointless
unimportant
unrelated
wide of the mark
wide of the point

bodiless

adjective. incorporeal

discarnate
discorporate
disembodied
immaterial
insubstantial
metaphysical
nonmaterial
spiritual
unbodied
unsubstantial

dreamy

adjective. illusory, romantic

abstracted
astral
calming
chimerical
daydreaming
excellent
fanciful
fantastic
gentle
idealistic
imaginary
immaterial
impractical
intangible
introspective
introvertive
lulling
marvelous
misty
musing
mythical
nightmarish
otherworldly
out of this world
pensive
phantasmagoric
phantasmagorical
preoccupied
quixotic
relaxing
shadowy
soothing
speculative
unreal
unsubstantial
utopian
vague
visionary
whimsical

extraneous

adjective. unneeded; irrevelant

accidental
additional
adventitious
beside the point
extra
foreign
immaterial
impertinent
inadmissible
inapplicable
inapposite
inappropriate
incidental
inessential
needless
nonessential
off the subject
peripheral
pointless
redundant
superfluous
supplementary
unconnected
unessential
unnecessary
unrelated

foreign

adjective. irrelevant

accidental
adventitious
extraneous
extrinsic
heterogeneous
immaterial
impertinent
inapposite
incompatible
incongruous
inconsistent
inconsonant
irrelative
repugnant
unassimilable
uncharacteristic
unrelated

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