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# immaterial

«immaterial» in Mova's school dictionary: **not important or not relevant to what is being talked about** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (immaterial)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Immaterial means not important or not relevant to what is being talked about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaterial/#m1)

2) (formal) Immaterial also means not made of matter, with no physical body, like a spirit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaterial/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and in arguments, «that's immaterial» means «that doesn't matter here». In maths problems, some numbers are immaterial: they are given but you don't need them. In law, immaterial facts don't change the result. In religion and philosophy, the soul is described as immaterial.

### examples

- Whether the car is red or blue is immaterial; it needs fixing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaterial/#x1)
- The cost is immaterial if it saves a life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaterial/#x2)
- In this problem, the colour of the bags is immaterial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaterial/#x3)
- Christians believe the soul is immaterial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaterial/#x4)
- Whether he meant to break it is immaterial; it is broken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaterial/#x5)
- Ghosts in stories are often immaterial and walk through walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaterial/#x6)
- "If you really can cure, it is immaterial when you do it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaterial/#x7)

### note

Formal; everyday words are «not important» or «doesn't matter». «Im-» means not. Opposite: material (meaning relevant or physical).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «immaterial» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaterial/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.