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
Without careful scrutiny, investors risk paying premium valuations for technological capabilities that are still experimental, limited in scope, or economically immaterial.
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Perrie M. Weiner, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
In such a scenario, the size of a warhead stockpile may prove immaterial, argued Eveleth.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
The timing of the lawsuits, less than two weeks before early voting begins April 7 for the primary elections, is not immaterial, Remley said, but Krebs only recently lost her job.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
And whether Americans really want data centres in their backyards may be immaterial in the coming decades.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
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Perrie M. Weiner, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
In such a scenario, the size of a warhead stockpile may prove immaterial, argued Eveleth.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
The timing of the lawsuits, less than two weeks before early voting begins April 7 for the primary elections, is not immaterial, Remley said, but Krebs only recently lost her job.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
And whether Americans really want data centres in their backyards may be immaterial in the coming decades.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immaterial
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But there’s ephemera in the spiritual sense of craft—the spare remarks and objects that constitute the overflow cut for cleaner syntax or word count.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Take time to renew your spiritual or religious beliefs.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
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Without it, the risk isn’t lagging behind but becoming irrelevant.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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And Thursday night’s performance, while not wholly irrelevant, was just another television rerun broadcast to a less-than-mass audience.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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Followers of the Abrahamic religions are supposed to treat God as immaterial and incorporeal, yet these early Yahweh worshippers imagined him as fully embodied.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
9 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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Huxley’s critique is clear; America mistakes body for spirit, promiscuously confusing the physical with the metaphysical.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Mercifully, those connections are not forged across time and space; all three stories remain discrete, never approaching a moment of grandiose metaphysical convergence.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
8 May 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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Many of its more substantive features are invisible to guests.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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Chicago cannot claim progress while entire Black communities feel invisible within that progress.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Despite Sam’s success, the season ends with the characters still living in The Boroughs, now with the knowledge of its supernatural undercurrents.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
23 May 2026
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For six seasons, the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 dealt with natural threats, interpersonal conflicts, and supernatural forces.—
Andrew Walsh,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 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 24 May. 2026.
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