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
The fact that it was conceived without thought and for decades was produced and consumed without thought is immaterial.
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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
Now Orozco resurrects one of the archaic and at the same time transhistorical models and actually functioning structures that had always fused function, use value, and immaterial spirituality: the architectural typology of the bridge.
—Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 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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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
Now Orozco resurrects one of the archaic and at the same time transhistorical models and actually functioning structures that had always fused function, use value, and immaterial spirituality: the architectural typology of the bridge.
—Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 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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Driven by Jonny Greenwood’s relentless score, the movie summons not only the images but the psycho-spiritual sensations of a country tearing itself apart.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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Sarah Mullally will become the spiritual leader of the Anglican Church in January, a year after her predecessor resigned in a safeguarding scandal.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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There is this constant projection from bad-faith actors, who find the truth irrelevant to their desires to rhetorically position the work that artists are doing—and even reality itself.—
Helen Molesworth,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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My teaching skills were basically irrelevant.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 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
Adjective
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Best Gifts for Pisces Dreamy Pisces are creative and spiritual, so a journal, art set, or metaphysical kit with all of the essentials for a seance is a great gift idea.—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
30 Sep. 2025
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The fantastic is used to sketch out familiar story lines, but the metaphysical premise remains as vague as the dramatic stakes in the lives of the characters.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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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An invisible string to Nashville Watch Hill is a neighborhood district of Westerly, Rhode Island.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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And yet, for decades, the two have existed on either side of an invisible line.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And then there is the influx of grief horror, stories that take all of the complicated and difficult-to-reconcile emotions of grief and use supernatural horror to enhance the terror.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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Dagda is the chief of the Tuatha Dé Danann, a pantheon of supernatural beings.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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 6 Oct. 2025.
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