incorporeal
adjective
in·cor·po·re·al
ˌin-(ˌ)kȯr-ˈpȯr-ē-əl 
1
: not corporeal : having no material body or form
2
: of, relating to, or constituting a right that is based on property (such as bonds or patents) which has no intrinsic value
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Examples of incorporeal in a Sentence
ghosts are supposed to be incorporeal
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If reason teaches that God is incorporeal, this means that God has no body; God does not physically see, nor do people see God.
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Randy L. Friedman, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
The digital files are incorporeal.
—BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2021
The network is incorporeal.
—J.m. Ledgard, Wired, 12 May 2021
After all, if someone can live without a brain, this would seem to open the door to belief in an incorporeal soul.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2020
Their physical bodies — and your own — get entangled with those pictorial references to bodily experience, bringing a ghostly, incorporeal picture home.
—Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022
Apart from the incorporeal fence through which my virtual car glides, the experience is a compelling facsimile of the world.
—Alex Davies, WIRED, 18 July 2019
But after the away team meets the Guardian of Forever, an incorporeal lifeform tasked with guarding a time gateway, the show takes a more interesting turn.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2018
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Randy L. Friedman, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
The digital files are incorporeal.
—BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2021
The network is incorporeal.
—J.m. Ledgard, Wired, 12 May 2021
After all, if someone can live without a brain, this would seem to open the door to belief in an incorporeal soul.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2020
Their physical bodies — and your own — get entangled with those pictorial references to bodily experience, bringing a ghostly, incorporeal picture home.
—Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022
Apart from the incorporeal fence through which my virtual car glides, the experience is a compelling facsimile of the world.
—Alex Davies, WIRED, 18 July 2019
But after the away team meets the Guardian of Forever, an incorporeal lifeform tasked with guarding a time gateway, the show takes a more interesting turn.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2018
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“Incorporeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incorporeal. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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incorporeal
adjective
in·cor·po·re·al
ˌin-(ˌ)kȯr-ˈpōr-ē-əl
-ˈpȯr-
: having no material body or form : immaterial
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incorporeal
adjective
in·cor·po·re·al
ˌin-kȯr-ˈpōr-ē-əl
: not tangible : having no material body or form
incorporeal hereditaments
an incorporeal right
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