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IMMATERIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not consisting of matter
Example:
ghosts and other immaterial entities
Synonyms:
immaterial; nonmaterial
Classified under:
Similar:
intangible; nonphysical (lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen)
Also:
insubstantial; unreal; unsubstantial (lacking material form or substance; unreal)
Attribute:
corporality; corporeality; materiality; physicalness (the quality of being physical; consisting of matter)
Antonym:
material (derived from or composed of matter)
Derivation:
immateriality (the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Without material form or substance
Example:
an incorporeal spirit
Synonyms:
immaterial; incorporeal
Classified under:
Similar:
bodiless; discorporate; disembodied; unbodied; unembodied (not having a material body)
spiritual (lacking material body or form or substance)
Also:
unbodied (having no body)
Attribute:
corporality; corporeality; materiality; physicalness (the quality of being physical; consisting of matter)
Derivation:
immateriality (the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(often followed by 'to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other
Example:
what others think is altogether indifferent to him
Synonyms:
immaterial; indifferent
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unimportant (not important)
Derivation:
immateriality (complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Of no importance or relevance especially to a law case
Example:
an objection that is immaterial after the fact
Classified under:
Adjectives
Antonym:
material (directly relevant to a matter especially a law case)
Derivation:
immateriality (complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Not pertinent to the matter under consideration
Example:
mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point
Synonyms:
extraneous; immaterial; impertinent; orthogonal
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
irrelevant (having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue)
Derivation:
immateriality (complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration)
