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adjective
1.
of no essential consequence; unimportant.
2.
not pertinent; irrelevant.
3.
not material; incorporeal; spiritual.
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Immaterial
has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
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Example Sentences
- But ideas are immaterial to the question of copyright.
- The fact that it was late for its style was immaterial.
- Similarly, our immaterial thinking abilities is the fingerprint from a spiritual world.
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immaterial
late 14c., from M.L. immaterialis "not consisting of matter, spiritual," from L.L. immaterialis, from in- "not" + L.L. materialis (see material). Sense of "unimportant" is first recorded 1690s from material in its 16c. sense of "important."
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