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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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
The fact Mahomes got hurt is immaterial to the fact the Chiefs were always bound to fall.
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Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
Those details are immaterial now.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 2 Jan. 2026
This avian tunnel stands for the immaterial and intuitive connectivity that has persisted in Urbano’s work ever since.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
And Mattel understood that Barbie was bigger than any one part, that legal ownership was almost immaterial to the conversation.
—Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
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Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
Those details are immaterial now.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 2 Jan. 2026
This avian tunnel stands for the immaterial and intuitive connectivity that has persisted in Urbano’s work ever since.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
And Mattel understood that Barbie was bigger than any one part, that legal ownership was almost immaterial to the conversation.
—Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immaterial
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Thematically, this movie is about flight and transportation — both the physical flights that one takes, but also the emotional and spiritual flights.—
Jason Parham,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Aaron, who lost more than 200 pounds following a near-death experience in 2021, has described his previous health scare as a spiritual wake-up call.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Jan. 2026
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For example, in learning contexts, adaptive forgetting, or the ability to let go of irrelevant information, can actually improve cognitive performance overall.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s detractors may dismiss these bonds as empty or irrelevant.—
Daniel Yudkin,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 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
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Breaking down such a layered metaphysical concept with the relatively few words left in this review would be a fool’s errand, but suffice it to say that all of the math miraculously checks out.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Jupe bros – Jacobi and big brother Noah (as the stage Hamlet), who are both going places – playing characters that reflect each other in a metaphysical way.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 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
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Breathtaking as the movement is, another, perhaps more wondrous ballet is taking place, largely invisible to the eye.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Early applications show promise, as molecular memristors could enable brain-like computing, while molecular sensors can track single chemical reactions, revealing details invisible to conventional techniques.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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In the book, a canyon serves as a supernatural focal point, suggesting that the ghosts haunting the town were murdered there.—
Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
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Madigan's Gladys, an eccentric villain with supernatural powers, immediately turned into a fan-favorite when the movie released in August.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 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 3 Feb. 2026.
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