: something intangible: such as
a
: an asset (such as goodwill) that is not corporeal
b
: an abstract quality or attribute
Examples of intangible in a Sentence
Adjective
Leadership is an intangible asset to a company.
electrical energy is completely intangible
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Adjective
Last month, more than six hundred people ate lunch together on trestle tables that snaked through the cobbled streets of Acciaroli, to celebrate fifteen years since Unesco designated the Mediterranean diet part of Italy’s intangible cultural heritage.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
And that’s why we are so moved by things that are intangible.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2025
Noun
This isn’t about fight or any other intangible, though.
—Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
What really counts are the intangibles.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Intangible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intangible. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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intangible
1 of 2 adjective
in·tan·gi·ble
in-ˈtan-jə-bəl 
: incapable of being touched : having no physical existence : not tangible or corporeal
intangible
2 of 2 noun
: something intangible
specifically
: an asset (as goodwill or a patent right) that is not corporeal
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