immaterial
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Synonyms & Antonyms for immaterial
Synonyms
bodiless, ethereal, formless, incorporeal, insubstantial, nonmaterial, nonphysical, spiritual, unbodied, unsubstantial
Antonyms
bodily, corporeal, material, physical, substantial
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That distinction is immaterial in the 21st century, at least in reference to what appears to be a kind of every-person generic comedy. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Review: Theater as Sabotage in the Dazzling ‘Fairview’," 17 June 2018 Whether Dolphin was involved with any of these boys or not was immaterial. — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, "Brett Kavanaugh and the hidden cost of male bonding," 26 Sep. 2018 The convergence of things that doomed the Republicans in 2006 may be immaterial this year. — Chad Pergram, Fox News, "Storm clouds gather for GOP as midterms approach – but forecast isn’t clear," 22 Aug. 2018 Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons are ripe, and so, as long as the player wasn’t a rental, the price was immaterial. — Marcus Hayes, Philly.com, "Sixers went all in to land LeBron James, and should do the same for Kawhi Leonard | Marcus Hayes," 1 July 2018 That sharing produces both immaterial value for the individual and brand exposure for the retailer. — Courtney Coffman, The Atlantic, "Shops Aren’t for Shopping Anymore," 19 June 2018 But the object that casts the shadow is unremarkable, a shape less real than the immaterial image. — Edward Rothstein, WSJ, "‘Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now’ Review: Tracing the Shadows of Past and Present," 13 June 2018 For Brooks no less than Eisenhower, the actual theology or spiritual content of religion is immaterial. — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, "David Brooks needs a name for his new religion.," 13 June 2018 While Oladipo worked painstakingly to avoid Cleveland’s pick-and-roll traps, James operated as if the defense were immaterial. — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, "LeBron James Saves a Season on the Brink," 26 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'immaterial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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