material
noun
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed.
unmaterial
-
a word derived from
material.
Example Sentences
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The material is in motion by the currents of unmaterial life.
From ABC's of Science by Charles A. (Charles Alexander) Oliver
I was therefore obliged to order dinner for Miss Planta, and myself in my own Sitting-parlour, which was now unmaterial, as the equerries did not come to tea, but continued +altogether in the music-room.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 by Fanny Burney
Space without beginning or end, filled with unmaterial and material life.
From ABC's of Science by Charles A. (Charles Alexander) Oliver
If it had anywhere an actual nucleus, that centre remained as impalpable and unmaterial as fox-fire.
From The Roof Tree by Lee F. Conrey
Yet whether other beings, other presences, unmaterial, imponderable, intangible, did not walk the streets along with them, is open to doubt.
From Deadham Hard by Lucas Malet
