Immaterial - Definition

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]