| ADJECTIVE | all | immaterial | of no importance or relevance especially to a law case |
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| all | immaterial, incorporeal | without material form or substance | |
| all | immaterial, nonmaterial | not consisting of matter | |
| all | immaterial, extraneous, impertinent, orthogonal | not pertinent to the matter under consideration / consideration | |
| all | immaterial, indifferent | (often followed by 'to') lacking importance |
| Sounds | ih.mahtih'riyahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Of no importance or relevance especially to a law case. | |
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| Example | "an objection that is immaterial after the fact" | |
| Opposite | material | directly relevant to a matter especially a law case |
| Spanish | irrelevante | |
| Nouns | immateriality | complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration |
| Meaning | Without material form or substance. | |
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| Synonym | incorporeal | |
| Attribute of | materiality, physicalness, corporeality, corporality | The quality of being physical |
| Narrower | discorporate, unembodied, bodiless, unbodied, disembodied | not having a material body |
| spiritual | lacking material body or form or substance | |
| See also | unbodied | Having no body |
| Opposite | corporeal, material | Having material or physical form or substance |
| Spanish | incorpóreo, inmaterial | |
| Nouns | immateriality | the quality of not being physical |
| Meaning | not consisting of matter. | |
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| Synonym | nonmaterial | |
| Attribute of | materiality, physicalness, corporeality, corporality | The quality of being physical |
| Narrower | intangible, nonphysical | lacking substance or reality |
| See also | insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal | lacking material form or substance |
| Opposite | material | derived from or composed of matter |
| Spanish | inmaterial | |
| Nouns | immateriality | the quality of not being physical |
| Meaning | not pertinent to the matter under consideration / consideration. | |
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| Example | "the price was immaterial" | |
| Synonyms | extraneous, impertinent, orthogonal | |
| Broader | irrelevant | Having no bearing on or connection with the subject / subject / subject at issue |
| Spanish | inmaterial, irrelevante, ortogonal | |
| Catalan | estrany, irrellevant | |
| Nouns | immateriality | complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration |
| Meaning | (often followed by 'to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other. | |
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| Example | "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)" | |
| Synonym | indifferent | |
| Broader | unimportant | not important |
| Nouns | immateriality | complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration |
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