immaterial
adjective/ˌɪməˈtɪəriəl/
/ˌɪməˈtɪriəl/
- [not usually before noun] not important in a particular situation synonym irrelevant
- The cost is immaterial.
- immaterial to somebody/something It is immaterial to me whether he stays or goes.
- These facts are immaterial to the problem.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
- …
- completely
- entirely
- quite
- …
- to
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- (formal) not having a physical form
- an immaterial God
- the immaterial mind/soul
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from late Latin immaterialis, from in- ‘not’ + materialis ‘relating to matter’.
Check pronunciation:
immaterial