immaterial : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: immaterial	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for immaterial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immaterial adj of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact" Antonym(s): material without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit" Synonym(s): incorporeal, immaterial Antonym(s): corporeal, material not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities" Synonym(s): immaterial, nonmaterial Antonym(s): material 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" Synonym(s): extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal (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" Synonym(s): immaterial, indifferent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Immaterial \Im`mate"rial\ ([icr]m`m[adot]t[emac]"r[icr][ait]l), a. [Pref. im- not + material: cf. F. immat[82]riel.] 1. Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied. Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual. --Hooker. 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.