IMMATERIAL as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • not consisting of matter
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    • immaterial apparitions
    • ghosts and other immaterial entities
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  2. Meaning
    • without material form or substance
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    • an incorporeal spirit
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  3. Meaning
    • (often followed by `to”) lacking importance
    • not mattering one way or the other
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    • 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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  4. Meaning
    • of no importance or relevance especially to a law case
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    • an objection that is immaterial after the fact
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  5. Meaning
    • not pertinent to the matter under consideration
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    • an issue extraneous to the debate
    • the price was immaterial
    • mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point
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