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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Immaterial \Im`ma*te"ri*al\ ([i^]m`m[.a]*t[=e]"r[i^]*al), a. [Pref. im- not + material: cf F. immat['e]riel.] 1. Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied. Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual. --Hooker. 2. Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; as it is wholly immaterial whether he does so or not Syn: Unimportant; inconsequential; insignificant; inconsiderable; trifling. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: immaterial adj 1: of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact" [ant: {material}] 2: without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit" [syn: {incorporeal}] [ant: {corporeal}] 3: not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities" [syn: {nonmaterial}] [ant: {material}] 4: not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point" [syn: {extraneous}, {impertinent}] 5: lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other often followed by "to"; "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" [syn: {indifferent}]
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