immaterial
adjective
1. of no importance or relevance especially to a law case
- an objection that is immaterial after the fact
2. without material form or substance
Similar word(s): unbodied, bodiless, discorporate, disembodied, unbodied, unembodied, spiritual, incorporeal
3. not consisting of matter
- immaterial apparitions
- ghosts and other immaterial entities
Similar word(s): insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial, intangible, nonphysical, nonmaterial
4. not pertinent to the matter under consideration
- the price was immaterial
Similar word(s): irrelevant, extraneous, 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)
Similar word(s): unimportant, indifferent
Sentences with immaterial as an adjective:
- Because ghosts are immaterial, they can pass through walls.
- Objection, Your Honour! The defendant's criminal record is immaterial to this case.