Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/February 16

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Word of the day
for February 16
immaterial adj
  1. Having no matter or substance; incorporeal.
  2. Of the nature of the soul or spirit; spiritual.
  3. (figurative)
    1. Of no importance; inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant.
    2. (rare) Having or seeming to have very little substance; insubstantial, slight.
    3. (chiefly law) Especially of evidence; chiefly followed by to: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed; irrelevant.

immaterial n

  1. (countable, chiefly in the plural) A being or entity having no matter or substance.
  2. (countable, chiefly in the plural) A thing which is abstract or intangible; (uncountable) chiefly preceded by the: things which are abstract or intangible considered collectively.
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