of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; an objection that is immaterial after the fact'

without material form or substance; an incorporeal spirit

[ Syn: incorporeal ]

not consisting of matter; immaterial apparitions; ghosts and other immaterial entities

[ Syn: nonmaterial ]

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

[ Syn: extraneous , impertinent , orthogonal ]

(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

[ Syn: indifferent ]