immaterial
A being or entity having no matter or substanceA being or entity having no matter or substance.
» This data is immaterial to the argument.
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2 senses(countable, in the plural)A being or entity having no matter or substance.
(countable, in the plural)A thing which is abstract or intangible; (uncountable) chiefly preceded by the: things which are abstract or intangible considered collectively.
Examples
4 sentencesThis data is immaterial to the argument.
Age is immaterial, unless you're a bottle of wine.
deAlter ist irrelevant, es sei denn, du bist eine Flasche Wein. — Esperantostern
Scientists go so far as to use the immaterial properties of their consciousness to deny the existence of such an immaterial consciousness.
Is it an animal? Is it a plant? Is it a mineral? Is it a thing? Is it something immaterial?
deIst es ein Tier? Ist es eine Pflanze? Ist es ein Mineral? Ist es eine Sache? Ist es etwas immaterielles? — Zaghawa
Origin
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English immaterial, inmateriall (“incorporeal; sThe adjective is derived from Late Middle English immaterial, inmateriall (“incorporeal; spiritual”), from Middle French immateriel (“not material”) (modern French immatériel), and from its etymon Medieval Latin immāteriālis (“not material”), from Latin im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + māteriālis (“made of matter, material”) (from māteria (“matter, substance, material”) (from māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr, + ia) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). The English word is analysable as im- + material.
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Forms
plural: immaterials| Singular | immaterial |
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