immaterial
of no essential consequence; unimportant.
not pertinent; irrelevant.
not material; incorporeal; spiritual.
Origin of immaterial
1Other words from immaterial
- im·ma·te·ri·al·ly, adverb
- im·ma·te·ri·al·ness, noun
Words Nearby immaterial
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How to use immaterial in a sentence
Regardless of where you land between — or even on — those two poles is immaterial.
A fraction of Robinhood’s users are driving its runaway growth | Alex Wilhelm | February 19, 2021 | TechCrunchWhether Hand gets every save opportunity is immaterial — though he was a perfect 16 for 16 with Cleveland last year.
Brad Hand’s arrival might end a Nationals tradition: The search for summer relief | Barry Svrluga | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostWe literally lost only a few million dollars, which is fairly immaterial.
Upstart CEO talks major IPO ‘pop,’ A.I. racial bias, and Google | rhhackettfortune | December 18, 2020 | FortuneWe’re — you know, so I think — what I think of that is immaterial.
Is it Too Late for General Motors to Go Electric? (Ep. 442) | Stephen J. Dubner | December 3, 2020 | FreakonomicsWinning a championship, even under disputed circumstances, has a way of making everything else immaterial.
For the Red Sox, rehiring Alex Cora makes sense. But it doesn’t look good. | Dave Sheinin | November 6, 2020 | Washington Post
It is immaterial if the infidel is a combatant or a civilian.
The lack of evidence for HGH as an effective performance enhancer is just as immaterial as its illegality.
Major League Baseball’s Planned Suspensions Are Already a Bust | David Roth | June 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhether blame is assigned to the failed follower or the failed leader is immaterial.
Their daily experiences are so much more powerful than ink on paper that they make the content of textbooks immaterial.
So as long as a lethal strike passes muster in constitutional terms, the location of the target is immaterial.
White Paper Suggests U.S. Could Launch Drones Into U.S. Cities | Kal Raustiala | February 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is immaterial to whom the transfer is made if the purpose be to prefer one creditor to another.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesIt appears also, as far as absorption goes, to be immaterial whether the ammonia is free or combined.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonIt is immaterial whether she acquired her estate before or after the birth of the child.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesNor is the fact immaterial that he need not, and would not have made the payment had he known the true state of things.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesLike him, he disbelieved in the existence of anything immaterial, for even a human soul is formed out of matter.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John Lord
British Dictionary definitions for immaterial
/ (ˌɪməˈtɪərɪəl) /
of no real importance; inconsequential
not formed of matter; incorporeal; spiritual
Derived forms of immaterial
- immateriality or immaterialness, noun
- immaterially, adverb
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