immaterial

adj.

1. Of no importance or relevance; inconsequential or irrelevant.
2. Having no material body or form.

immaterially im'ma·te'ri·al·ly adv.
immaterialness im'ma·te'ri·al·ness n.

SYNONYMS   immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, metaphysical, spiritual. These adjectives mean lacking material body, form, or substance: immaterial apparitions; an incorporeal spirit; insubstantial victories; metaphysical forces; spiritual beings. See also synonyms at irrelevant.

adjective

1. Not relevant or pertinent to the subject; not applicable: extraneous, impertinent, inapplicable, irrelevant. Idioms: beside the point, neither here nor there. See relevant/irrelevant.
2. Having no body, form, or substance: bodiless, discarnate, disembodied, incorporeal, insubstantial, metaphysical, nonphysical, spiritual, unbodied, uncorporal, unsubstantial. See body/spirit.

adj

Definition: irrelevant
Antonyms: essential, important, material, meaningful, relevant, substantial

adj

Definition: not existing in physical form
Antonyms: bodily, material, physical, real, solid, substantial, tangible

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Not essential or necessary; not important or pertinent; not decisive; of no substantial consequence; without weight; of no material significance.

IN BRIEF: Of no importance.

The judge ruled the evidence was immaterial to the case.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - immateriel, uvæsentlig, ligegyldig, ustoflig, ubetydelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onbelangrijk, onstoffelijk, irrelevant

Français (French)
adj. - immatériel, sans importance, incorporel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - stofflos, unerheblich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άυλος, επουσιώδης, ασήμαντος, μηδαμινός

Italiano (Italian)
immateriale, insignificante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - imaterial

Русский (Russian)
невещественный, несущественный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inmaterial, incorpóreo, insignificante, indiferente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oväsentlig, immateriell, andlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
非物质的, 精神的, 无形的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 非物質的, 精神的, 無形的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 비물질적인, 무형의, 중요하지 않은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 重要でない, 実体のない, 非物質的な, 精神上の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لا مادي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא חשוב, חסר-ערך, רוחני, לא חומרי‬

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