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
In 1726 the British Empire was already expanding in the name of trade, trading the immaterial language Swift wrote in for material goods.
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Joanna Walsh
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Emotion as Added Value One recurring and essential cog that keeps the watch business ticking remains immaterial: emotion.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2025
One’s major is immaterial, particularly in an economy as dynamic as ours.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Hausmann said the dire conditions that led to multiple inmate deaths and physical attacks against prison employees in the year before its closure are immaterial.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
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Joanna Walsh
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Emotion as Added Value One recurring and essential cog that keeps the watch business ticking remains immaterial: emotion.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2025
One’s major is immaterial, particularly in an economy as dynamic as ours.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Hausmann said the dire conditions that led to multiple inmate deaths and physical attacks against prison employees in the year before its closure are immaterial.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immaterial
Adjective
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While religious affiliation has been dropping for decades, the spiritual impulse hasn’t.—
Arianna Huffington,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
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By promoting spiritual values alongside an abundance mindset, nonprofits can cultivate the intrinsic motivation and cultural resilience essential for sustaining their missions.—
Yujia Zhu,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The future of sales is about asking the questions that make your competitors' answers irrelevant.—
B.D. Dalton,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Nearly half of teachers believe that the professional development courses offered or demanded by their schools are largely irrelevant.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 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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To the casual observer, the data industry can seem incorporeal, its products conjured out of weightless bits.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Vendors will offer beads, minerals, gemstones, custom jewelry, fossils, artifacts, and metaphysical stones.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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The series invites fans on a metaphysical road trip through the West Coast sunset with a euphoric lineup designed to illuminate audiences and create space for community, connection and spiritual transformation.—
Caroline Tell,
Forbes.com,
16 July 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 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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The invisible spray, which covers around 80 to 110 square feet, costs $119 on the Rainworks company website; the stencils range from around $5 to $30.—
Liliana Fannin,
jsonline.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Beyond its visual beauty, the light bridge also provides a valuable probe of dark matter, the invisible substance believed to make up roughly 80% of the universe's mass.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Critics from Rotten Tomatoes appreciate how Anvari keeps supernatural appearances to a minimum, leaving much to the imagination.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Nevermore Academy remains central to the series, serving as the eerie boarding school where Wednesday continues her supernatural education.—
Aya Al-Hakim,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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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 21 Aug. 2025.
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