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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (5)

1. of no importance or relevance especially to a law case;
- Example: "an objection that is immaterial after the fact"

2. without material form or substance;
- Example: "an incorporeal spirit"
[syn: incorporeal, immaterial]

3. not consisting of matter;
- Example: "immaterial apparitions"
- Example: "ghosts and other immaterial entities"
[syn: immaterial, nonmaterial]

4. not pertinent to the matter under consideration;
- Example: "an issue extraneous to the debate"
- Example: "the price was immaterial"
- Example: "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
[syn: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal]

5. (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other;
- Example: "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"
- Example: "what others think is altogether indifferent to him"
[syn: immaterial, indifferent]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Immaterial \Im`ma*te"ri*al\ ([i^]m`m[.a]*t[=e]"r[i^]*al), a.
   [Pref. im- not + material: cf. F. immat['e]riel.]
   1. Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual;
      disembodied.
      [1913 Webster]

            Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual.
                                                  --Hooker.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Of no substantial consequence; without weight or
      significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial
      whether he does so or not.

   Syn: Unimportant; inconsequential; insignificant;
        inconsiderable; trifling.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

immaterial
    adj 1: of no importance or relevance especially to a law case;
           "an objection that is immaterial after the fact" [ant:
           material]
    2: without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit"
       [syn: incorporeal, immaterial] [ant: corporeal,
       material]
    3: not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts
       and other immaterial entities" [syn: immaterial,
       nonmaterial] [ant: material]
    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, immaterial, impertinent,
       orthogonal]
    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:
       immaterial, indifferent]