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
For the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, the amounts received were immaterial.
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Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, forwards Matthew Tkachuk and Auston Matthews sat out the team’s otherwise immaterial 2-1 loss to Sweden out of an abundance of caution, and Brady Tkachuk left the game in the middle of the first period after crashing into the cage.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Feb. 2025
The inconvenience for residents, business owners, customers or guests is immaterial.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other organizations claimed the requirement violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits states from denying the right to vote because of an immaterial error.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
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Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, forwards Matthew Tkachuk and Auston Matthews sat out the team’s otherwise immaterial 2-1 loss to Sweden out of an abundance of caution, and Brady Tkachuk left the game in the middle of the first period after crashing into the cage.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Feb. 2025
The inconvenience for residents, business owners, customers or guests is immaterial.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other organizations claimed the requirement violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits states from denying the right to vote because of an immaterial error.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immaterial
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After Mercury direct re-enters Aries on April 16, the messenger planet will join forces with Neptune — for the first time in this lifetime — heightening our intuition while triggering spiritual breakthroughs.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Sounding faintly Buddhist to the modern ear, those writings interpreted miracles as symbolic descriptions of real spiritual revelations and transformations, available only to those with access to secret knowledge (gnosis).—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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But Trump, from his first weeks in office, has instead threatened to render Congress almost irrelevant.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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The drawing order of the five white balls is irrelevant.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2025
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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.—
Randy L. Friedman,
The Conversation,
16 Feb. 2024
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The digital files are incorporeal.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
9 June 2021
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Magic Market Step into a world of magic and wonder at the Magic Market, where 75 vendors await with everything from mystical, metaphysical products and tarot readings to vintage treasures, witchy supplies, and plants.—
Holly Alvarado,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2025
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To the north is Vulcan’s Forge, Russell’s custom jewelry operation; to the south is Aquarius, a new-age metaphysical store owned by Barbara.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 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 author excludes them all, asserting that belief in any kind of nonmaterial, ethereal world lacks empirical support.—
Denis Alexander,
Washington Post,
17 Mar. 2023
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Not only are the polar regions invisible to astronauts on the International Space Station, but to see them from a spacecraft requires a flight path that isn’t as close to the equator, as is the norm.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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While the fees connected with collecting state sales tax are all but invisible to the consumer, restaurant industry officials say the issue should be on the radar of the buying public.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2025
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Bones is a supernatural thriller set in Siberia along the Kolyma Highway, a real highway that was built in Stalinist Soviet Union using the labor of prisoners from the region’s gulags.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2025
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The actress instead battles endless dead air in this sloppy metaphor for grief — a supernatural misfire that’s peppered with gross-out gags and jump-scares that are uncomfortable but rarely compelling.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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Ansari answers crypto question with call for campaign finance reform Ansari’s candidacy was boosted by a massive expenditure from advocates of cryptocurrency, the digital currencies that exist on nonphysical, decentralized ledger systems.—
Laura Gersony,
The Arizona Republic,
17 Oct. 2024
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One of Ansari’s top financial backers was a group advocating for cryptocurrency, the digital currencies that exist on nonphysical, decentralized ledger systems.—
Laura Gersony,
The Arizona Republic,
3 Oct. 2024
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“Immaterial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immaterial. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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