what does immaterial mean?
IMMATERIAL as ADJECTIVE
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- immaterial apparitions
- ghosts and other immaterial entities
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- without material form or substance
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- (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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- 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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- 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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