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IMMATERIAL
1. [a] not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities"
2. [a] without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit"
3. [s] (often followed by `to'') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; "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"
4. [a] of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact"
5. [s] 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"
similar words
1. [s] intangible
2. [s] nonphysical
3. [s] discorporate
4. [s] unembodied
5. [s] bodiless
6. [s] unbodied
7. [s] disembodied
8. [s] spiritual
9. [a] unimportant
10. [a] irrelevant
opposite words
1. [a] material
2. [a] corporeal
3. [a] material
4. [a] material
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