Immaterial
adjective
Not important or relevant.
Whether she arrives tomorrow or the day after is immaterial to me.
Often appears as...
- immaterial point
- immaterial factor
adjective
Not consisting of matter.
Ghosts are believed to be immaterial beings.
Often appears as...
- immaterial spirit
- immaterial essence
adjective
Not significant or relevant to the matter at hand.
His personal feelings towards the defendant are immaterial to the case.
Often appears as...
- immaterial evidence
- immaterial witness
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Not important or relevant.
Whether she arrives tomorrow or the day after is immaterial to me.
Often appears as...
- immaterial point
- immaterial factor
adjective
Not consisting of matter.
Ghosts are believed to be immaterial beings.
Often appears as...
- immaterial spirit
- immaterial essence
adjective
Not significant or relevant to the matter at hand.
His personal feelings towards the defendant are immaterial to the case.
Often appears as...
- immaterial evidence
- immaterial witness
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Detachment
Used to express a lack of personal concern or interest in a situation.
I found the whole debate to be immaterial.
Pro Tip 2/3Assertive Neutralization
Emphasize your neutrality or disengagement from the outcome or decision.
Choose whatever you like; it's immaterial to me.
Pro Tip 3/3Debating Clarity
Clarify that a particular point doesn't affect an argument's main issue.
The cost is immaterial to the question of ethics.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Detachment
Used to express a lack of personal concern or interest in a situation.
I found the whole debate to be immaterial.
Pro Tip 2/3Assertive Neutralization
Emphasize your neutrality or disengagement from the outcome or decision.
Choose whatever you like; it's immaterial to me.
Pro Tip 3/3Debating Clarity
Clarify that a particular point doesn't affect an argument's main issue.
The cost is immaterial to the question of ethics.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Detachment
Used to express a lack of personal concern or interest in a situation.
I found the whole debate to be immaterial.
Pro Tip 2/3Assertive Neutralization
Emphasize your neutrality or disengagement from the outcome or decision.
Choose whatever you like; it's immaterial to me.
Pro Tip 3/3Debating Clarity
Clarify that a particular point doesn't affect an argument's main issue.
The cost is immaterial to the question of ethics.
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Are you a body with a...
And it led him to conclude that the conscious mind is something separate from the material body that forms the core of our identity. The notion of a non-physical consciousness echoes the belief of many religions in an immaterial soul
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immaterial concept of timelessness wonder is a kinetic sculpture that's brought to life by the movement of other it uses a proximity sensor to form and fragment the word when a viewer is near or far when viewed from a distance the
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Why there's no such...
and so forth. But their real world was nothing like our own. The real world of the Athenians was alive with things that we would consider immaterial and thus unreal.
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Are you a body with a...
And it led him to conclude that the conscious mind is something separate from the material body that forms the core of our identity. The notion of a non-physical consciousness echoes the belief of many religions in an immaterial soul
Video examples
Using language and time...
immaterial concept of timelessness wonder is a kinetic sculpture that's brought to life by the movement of other it uses a proximity sensor to form and fragment the word when a viewer is near or far when viewed from a distance the
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Why there's no such...
and so forth. But their real world was nothing like our own. The real world of the Athenians was alive with things that we would consider immaterial and thus unreal.
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Aisha Tyler
American Actress
I believe that the essence of marriage is choosing someone who loves you for who you are, embraces everything about you, and building a life with that person. Whether that life is with children or without children - it's honestly immaterial to building a life with someone that you love fully.
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Ang Lee
Chinese Director
The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That's worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth.
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Graham Swift
British Author
When anything goes digital, let alone something as immaterial as a book, there is a tendency to see it as just in the air to be taken, and to lose the sense that somebody once made it.
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Gottfried Leibniz
German Philosopher
I maintain also that substances, whether material or immaterial, cannot be conceived in their bare essence without any activity, activity being of the essence of substance in general.
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Sam Harris
American Author
The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that it presided over the birth of the universe.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
Gravity must be caused by an Agent acting constantly according to certain laws, but whether this Agent be material or immaterial I have left to the consideration of my readers.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting.
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Deep Roy
Indian Actor
My height is immaterial; it's my heart and mind which count.
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Sarah Lancashire
British Actress
I truly believe that love is love and gender is immaterial.
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Bodhidharma
Indian Leader
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Aisha Tyler
American Actress
I believe that the essence of marriage is choosing someone who loves you for who you are, embraces everything about you, and building a life with that person. Whether that life is with children or without children - it's honestly immaterial to building a life with someone that you love fully.
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Ang Lee
Chinese Director
The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That's worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth.
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Graham Swift
British Author
When anything goes digital, let alone something as immaterial as a book, there is a tendency to see it as just in the air to be taken, and to lose the sense that somebody once made it.
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Gottfried Leibniz
German Philosopher
I maintain also that substances, whether material or immaterial, cannot be conceived in their bare essence without any activity, activity being of the essence of substance in general.
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Sam Harris
American Author
The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that it presided over the birth of the universe.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
Gravity must be caused by an Agent acting constantly according to certain laws, but whether this Agent be material or immaterial I have left to the consideration of my readers.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting.
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Deep Roy
Indian Actor
My height is immaterial; it's my heart and mind which count.
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Sarah Lancashire
British Actress
I truly believe that love is love and gender is immaterial.
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Bodhidharma
Indian Leader
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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