immaterial.

1. Not consisting of physical matter or tangible substance.

2. Not relevant to the matter being considered, or not making a significant difference.

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Words that belong together

• an immaterial presence
• an immaterial being

On the page

The novel’s immaterial presence affected the witnesses without acquiring a visible body.

She questioned whether the alleged agency was immaterial or merely unseen.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Relational or ontological adjective; ordinary comparative and superlative usually not applicable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.