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
Relative to Rhode Island’s annual budget of nearly $14 billion, this increase in tax collections represents an immaterial impact.
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Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The fact that it was conceived without thought and for decades was produced and consumed without thought is immaterial.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2025
Whether Stevenson succeeds is immaterial to the fact a newly motivated and fit Stevenson is good news for the Patriots’ backfield.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 July 2025
Many times on Gen V, characters talk about their parents with a sense of betrayal — this conversation over agency, respect, consent, and the material and immaterial impacts of V.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The fact that it was conceived without thought and for decades was produced and consumed without thought is immaterial.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2025
Whether Stevenson succeeds is immaterial to the fact a newly motivated and fit Stevenson is good news for the Patriots’ backfield.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 July 2025
Many times on Gen V, characters talk about their parents with a sense of betrayal — this conversation over agency, respect, consent, and the material and immaterial impacts of V.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immaterial
Adjective
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With the moon transiting whimsical Pisces, the boundaries between the physical and spiritual blur, adding an imaginative and almost cinematic layer to the festivities.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Here, spiritual infractions are met with savage physical punishment and some of the more grotesque images in recent horror memory (which, as the genre has become ever more popular and emboldened, is seriously saying something).—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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But several costly mistakes on offense rendered all of Miami’s one-sided statistics irrelevant as Brooks pointed out.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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And when data doesn’t reflect how people make real decisions, the technology quickly becomes irrelevant.—
Adam Mills,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Indeed, in stark contrast to the incorporeal nature of a digital image, each of Winant’s photographs is, in a sense, a discrete body: a fallible material entity that boasts a hidden physical history and that will compositionally deteriorate over time.—
Jessica Simmons-Reid,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Beverly, a waitress who had another daughter and then a son in the two years after Smith was born (and eventually one more daughter), had little time for her eldest’s metaphysical ponderings.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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The film follows a young couple (Qualley and Starkey), who inherit a farm in rural Arkansas and must conquer the demons, both physical and metaphysical, that haunt its legacy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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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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Why call my own identity invisible?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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The invisible primary for president will take place from Tuesday, to a year from Tuesday.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Mamdani represents a supernatural sea change from politics as usual.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The blockbuster — which follows a treasure hunter who accidentally awakens a cursed Egyptian priest with supernatural powers — also cemented Fraser as a bankable action hero.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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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 8 Nov. 2025.
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