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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