of no real importance; inconsequential not formed of matter; incorporeal; spiritual
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
im•ma•te•ri•al /ˌɪməˈtɪriəl/USA pronunciation
adj.
im•ma•te•ri•al•ness, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- unimportant:What people wear to the party is immaterial.
- not material;
not in the physical world;
spiritual.
im•ma•te•ri•al•ness, n. [uncountable]
im•ma•te•ri•al
(im′ə tēr′ē əl),USA pronunciation adj.
im′ma•te′ri•al•ly, adv.
im′ma•te′ri•al•ness, n.
- of no essential consequence;
unimportant. - not pertinent;
irrelevant. - not material;
incorporeal;
spiritual.
- Medieval Latin immāteriālis. See im-2, material
- Middle English 1350–1400
im′ma•te′ri•al•ness, n.
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'immaterial' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abstract noun
- airy
- animism
- apparition
- communicate
- equal
- essence
- frail
- here
- hyperphysical
- immaterialism
- immateriality
- immaterialize
- in
- incorporeal
- indifferent
- inheritance
- intangible
- lengthen
- mind
- same
- soul
- spiritous
- spiritualism
- spirituality
- substance
- substantial
- symbol
- trivial
- vitalism
- wall