Meaning & Definition of Immaterial in English

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"