Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual.
--Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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}, {immaterial}] [ant: {corporeal},
{material}]
3: not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts
and other immaterial entities" [syn: {immaterial},
{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}, {immaterial}, {impertinent},
{orthogonal}]
5: (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" [syn:
{immaterial}, {indifferent}]
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