immaterial

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

im·ma·ter·ial BrE [ˌɪməˈtɪəriəl] NAmE [ˌɪməˈtɪriəl] adjective
1. not usually before noun not important in a particular situation
Syn: ↑irrelevant
•The cost is immaterial.
•~ to sb/sth It is immaterial to me whether he stays or goes.
2. (formal)not having a physical form
•an immaterial God
•the immaterial mind/soul
Opp: ↑material

Word Origin:
[immaterial] late Middle English (in sense 2): from late Latin immaterialis, from in- ‘not’ + materialis ‘relating to matter’.

Example Bank:
•These facts are immaterial to the problem.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  indifferent, extraneous, impertinent, orthogonal, nonmaterial, incorporeal
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  material, corporeal