Immaterial Definition

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; "an incorporeal spirit"
  3. not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities"
  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"
  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"

"Immaterial" in song lyrics

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  • "spiritual, invisible, immaterial"
    Jedi Mind Tricks — Deathbed Doctrine

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