1
as in spiritual
not composed of matter
it is only possible to study immaterial forces like gravity by observing their effects on the physical world
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2
as in irrelevant
not having anything to do with the matter at hand
while undoubtedly upsetting, that story is immaterial to the question of why you are late
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Recent Examples of immaterial
Besides Davis, the other players involved in the deal are largely immaterial.
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Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
The fact that Arkansas legislators raised objections to the appointment is immaterial.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2026
Fishback dismissed criticisms that his campaign was immaterial beyond social media, pointing to his recent events at gas stations, Waffle House and college campuses across Florida.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
But a CrowdStrike rep told the media outlet that the company doesn’t sell products in China, making the financial impact immaterial.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026
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Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
The fact that Arkansas legislators raised objections to the appointment is immaterial.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2026
Fishback dismissed criticisms that his campaign was immaterial beyond social media, pointing to his recent events at gas stations, Waffle House and college campuses across Florida.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
But a CrowdStrike rep told the media outlet that the company doesn’t sell products in China, making the financial impact immaterial.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immaterial
Adjective
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There was something about it that felt spiritual.—
Outside,
Outside,
10 Mar. 2026
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The discovery of ancestral remains on their traditional territory carries profound cultural and spiritual weight.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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Yet some in Iran say the supreme leader as irrelevant.—
Ramin Mostaghim,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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The invention of electricity made menial jobs like the lamplighter, the elevator operator, and the knocker-up, the human equivalent to the modern alarm clock, irrelevant.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Positioned as a large-scale genre event, the series updates the legendary SFX property with a contemporary political and social edge, with Shun Oguri leading the cast as a detective hunting a seemingly incorporeal killer.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Jan. 2026
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In fact, magical life has the potential to be even more radically incorporeal than our own.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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In the summer of 2023, the original organizers of what would become the Denver Summit NWSL franchise had a hunch—more like metaphysical certitude, really—that a massive untapped market existed for professional women’s soccer in the Mile High City.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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In those earlier pictures, metaphysical conceits became visual and dramatic gambits as the filmmakers set out to colonize the vast interior worlds of, respectively, the mind and the spirit.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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Put simply, superheated plasma was being tested as fuel, but the temperatures melted any sort of solid container, so the experiments used nonmaterial vessels formed from extremely powerful magnetic fields.—
Werner Herzog,
The New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2023
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The first part of the book is committed to a ground-clearing exercise, describing the various concepts of the nonmaterial soul that feature in many different religious belief systems.—
Denis Alexander,
Washington Post,
17 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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Try to picture a sideways, invisible merry-go-round in your home.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
6 Mar. 2026
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Deep in the Amazon, far from Caracas and invisible to Washington, a criminal industry in Venezuela is expanding under armed protection.—
Wendy R. Anderson,
Washington Post,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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One of the projects, Ono Ghost Market, which was originally developed as a streaming series before being retooled as a feature film, will draw inspiration from Asian myths about supernatural marketplaces.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
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This year's Oscar nominees span many genres, including intimate international dramas and supernatural blockbusters.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
7 Mar. 2026
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In Ayurveda, Prana, the life force carried by the breath, is understood to nourish both the mind and body and can be viewed as a nonphysical substance, finer than oxygen.—
Trisha Swift,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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In accounting, intangible assets are nonphysical possessions including such things as brands and intellectual property, software, mineral rights ‒ and contracts.—
Alexander Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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“Immaterial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immaterial. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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