Synonyms for immaterial
ˌɪm əˈtɪər i əlim·ma·te·ri·al

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1. immaterialadjective

   Antonyms:
   material

2. immaterialadjective

   Because ghosts are immaterial, they can pass through walls.

   Antonyms:
   material

3. immaterialadjective

   Objection, Your Honour! The defendant's criminal record is immaterial to this case.

   Antonyms:
   material

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1. immaterial

   Synonyms:
   hyperphysical, intangible, intellectual, invisible, mental, moral, spiritual, unreal, unsubstantial

   Antonyms:
   bodily, corporal, corporeal, material, natural, physical, sensible, tangible, visible

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1. immaterial

   Synonyms:
   spiritual, incorporeal, unimportant, insignificant, trivial, trifling, unessential

   Antonyms:
   material, physical, corporeal, essential, important

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1. immaterialadjective

   of no importance or relevance especially to a law case

   "an objection that is immaterial after the fact"

   Synonyms:
   incorporeal, extraneous, nonmaterial, orthogonal, impertinent, indifferent

   Antonyms:
   material, crucial, physical, important, of import, relevant

2. incorporeal, immaterialadjective

   without material form or substance

   "an incorporeal spirit"

   Synonyms:
   incorporeal, extraneous, nonmaterial, orthogonal, impertinent, indifferent

   Antonyms:
   important, crucial, physical, material, relevant, of import

3. immaterial, nonmaterialadjective

   not consisting of matter

   "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities"

   Synonyms:
   incorporeal, extraneous, nonmaterial, orthogonal, impertinent, indifferent

   Antonyms:
   physical, relevant, material, important, of import, crucial

4. extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonaladjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   pert, nonmaterial, wise, incorporeal, overbold, smart, rectangular, fresh, outside, foreign, irreverent, saucy, orthogonal, impudent, sassy, impertinent, indifferent, extraneous, external

   Antonyms:
   relevant, important, material, of import, crucial, physical

5. immaterial, indifferentadjective

   (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"

   Synonyms:
   nonmaterial, inert, neutral, apathetic, impertinent, orthogonal, deaf(p), so-so(p), unbiassed, incorporeal, indifferent(p), extraneous, unbiased, indifferent

   Antonyms:
   material, crucial, physical, of import, important, relevant

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1. immaterialadjective

   Synonyms:
   incorporeal, unbodied, spiritual

2. immaterialadjective

   Synonyms:
   unimportant, insignificant, unessential, non-essential, of no importance, of no consequence

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1. List of paraphrases for "immaterial":

   intangible, irrelevant, non-material, unimportant, insignificant, negligible, incorporeal, indifferent, inconsequential

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How to use immaterial in a sentence?

1. Mike Vanderboegh:

   Here you have a guy who believes Cliven Bundy's on a mission from God. What The Hammonds want and what the community wants is immaterial.

2. Hironobu Yamaguchi:

   Last year in pay talks we reminded the company about Abe's call for higher wages, but management told us it was immaterial, we expect the same answer this year.

3. Brian Wieser:

   It's safe to say that Tumblr is pretty immaterial to Oath these days -- there is relatively little ad revenue there, changes probably wouldn't be noticeable to Oath, let alone to Verizon.

4. Bobby Jindal:

   The level of the President's love for our country is immaterial at this juncture.

5. Justice Department lawyer Robert Parker:

   Congress has specifically attended to all false statements under oath in these types of proceedings, it has specifically provided that it is a crime to lie under oath in the naturalization process, even about an immaterial matter, and it has provided that certain of those immaterial lies are categorical bars to naturalization.