immaterial

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌɪməˈtɪriəl/ UK /ˌɪməˈtɪəriəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
unimportant or irrelevant; also, having no physical substance

Whether he agrees is immaterial to the final decision.

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Synonyms

1 adj · unimportant or irrelevant;... irrelevant unimportant insignificant trivial incorporeal intangible

Opposites

material relevant important corporeal tangible significant

Word family

Forms immateriality

Derived forms immateriallyimmaterialityimmaterialism

Related forms material matter

Etymology

From Medieval Latin immaterialis, from in- ('not') + materialis ('of matter'), from materia ('matter, substance').

immaterialis Latin materia Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# immaterial

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪməˈtɪriəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪməˈtɪəriəl/

## Meanings
1. unimportant or irrelevant; also, having no physical substance

## Examples
- Whether he agrees is immaterial to the final decision.

## Synonyms
- irrelevant
- unimportant
- insignificant
- trivial
- incorporeal
- intangible

## Antonyms
- material
- relevant
- important
- corporeal
- tangible
- significant

## Derived Forms
- immaterially
- immateriality
- immaterialism

## Related Forms
- material
- matter

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: immaterialis
- Root: materia

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin immaterialis, from in- ('not') + materialis ('of matter'), from materia ('matter, substance').

## AI Etymology
Immaterial is from Medieval Latin immaterialis, from in- ('not') + materialis ('of matter'), from materia ('matter, substance'). Important recorded forms include immaterialis (Latin) and materia (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers unimportant or irrelevant; also, having no physical substance. The wider family includes derived forms such as immaterially, immateriality, and immaterialism and related words such as material and matter.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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