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immaterial definition
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Grep of noun immaterial immateriality Overview of adj immaterial The adj immaterial has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) immaterial -- (of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact") 2. incorporeal, immaterial -- (without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit") 3. immaterial, nonmaterial -- (not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities") 4. extraneous, immaterial, impertinent -- (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") 5. immaterial, indifferent -- (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") Antonyms of adj immaterial 5 senses of immaterial Sense 1 immaterial (vs. material) material (vs. immaterial) => crucial, relevant Sense 2 incorporeal (vs. corporeal), immaterial Sense 3 immaterial (vs. material), nonmaterial material (vs. immaterial) => physical, tangible, touchable => physical Sense 4 extraneous, immaterial, impertinent INDIRECT (VIA irrelevant) -> relevant Sense 5 immaterial, indifferent INDIRECT (VIA unimportant) -> important, of import Similarity of adj immaterial 5 senses of immaterial Sense 1 immaterial (vs. material) Sense 2 incorporeal (vs. corporeal), immaterial => discorporate, unembodied, bodiless, unbodied, disembodied => spiritual Also See-> unbodied#1 Sense 3 immaterial (vs. material), nonmaterial => intangible, nonphysical Also See-> insubstantial#1, unsubstantial#1, unreal#4 Sense 4 extraneous, immaterial, impertinent => irrelevant (vs. relevant) Sense 5 immaterial, indifferent => unimportant (vs. important) Attributes of adj immaterial 2 of 5 senses of immaterial Sense 2 incorporeal (vs. corporeal), immaterial => materiality, physicalness, corporeality Sense 3 immaterial (vs. material), nonmaterial => materiality, physicalness, corporeality Familiarity of adj immaterial immaterial used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj immaterial immaterial Overview of adj immaterial The adj immaterial has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) immaterial -- (of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact") 2. incorporeal, immaterial -- (without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit") 3. immaterial, nonmaterial -- (not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities") 4. extraneous, immaterial, impertinent -- (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") 5. immaterial, indifferent -- (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")
immaterial definition
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