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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
immaterial
1. of no importance or relevance especially to a law case (Freq. 1) - an objection that is immaterial after the fact • Ant: material • Derivationally related forms: immateriality 2. without material form or substance - an incorporeal spirit • Syn: incorporeal • Ant: corporeal (for: incorporeal) • Similar to: discorporate, unembodied, bodiless, unbodied, disembodied, spiritual • See Also: unbodied • Derivationally related forms: immateriality, incorporeality (for: incorporeal) • Attrubites: materiality, physicalness, corporeality, corporality 3. not consisting of matter - immaterial apparitions - ghosts and other immaterial entities • Syn: nonmaterial • Ant: material • Similar to: intangible, nonphysical • See Also: insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal • Derivationally related forms: immateriality • Attrubites: materiality, physicalness, corporeality, corporality 4. not pertinent to the matter under consideration - an issue extraneous to the debate - the price was immaterial - mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point • Syn: extraneous, impertinent, orthogonal • Similar to: irrelevant • Derivationally related forms: immateriality, extraneousness (for: extraneous) 5. (often followed by 'to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other - whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent) - what others think is altogether indifferent to him • Syn: indifferent • Similar to: unimportant • Derivationally related forms: indifference (for: indifferent), immateriality
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