Immaterial — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

of no importance or relevance especially to a law case

without material form or substance

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌɪmətˈɪɹiəl/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌɪmətˈiəɹiəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌɪmətˈiəɹiəl/

4 syllables Say it as /ˌɪmətˈɪɹiəl/.

Examples

an objection that is immaterial after the fact
an incorporeal spirit
immaterial apparitions

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

impertinent indifferent incorporeal orthogonal extraneous nonmaterial

Antonyms

corporeal material

Parts of Speech

adjective	of no importance or relevance especially to a law case “an objection that is immaterial after the fact”
adjective	without material form or substance “an incorporeal spirit”
adjective	not consisting of matter “immaterial apparitions”
adjective	not pertinent to the matter under consideration “an issue extraneous to the debate”
adjective	(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)”

Word Forms

immateriality	noun	complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration
incorporeality	noun	the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter
extraneousness	noun	unrelatedness by virtue of falling outside the matter at hand
indifference	noun	unbiased impartial unconcern

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

immateriell

insbesondere für einen Rechtsfall ohne Bedeutung oder Relevanz

🇫🇷French

immatériel

sans importance ni pertinence en particulier pour une affaire judiciaire

🇪🇸Spanish

inmaterial

Sin importancia o relevancia, especialmente para un caso legal.

🇮🇹Italian

immateriale

di nessuna importanza o rilevanza soprattutto per un caso giuridico

🇳🇱Dutch

immaterieel

van geen belang of relevantie, vooral niet voor een rechtszaak

🇵🇹Portuguese

imaterial

sem importância ou relevância, especialmente para um caso jurídico

🇷🇺Russian

несущественный

не имеет значения или отношения, особенно к судебному делу

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सारहीन

विशेष रूप से किसी कानूनी मामले के लिए इसका कोई महत्व या प्रासंगिकता नहीं है

🇧🇩Bengali

বস্তুহীন

বিশেষ করে আইনের ক্ষেত্রে কোন গুরুত্ব বা প্রাসঙ্গিকতা নেই

🇮🇳Tamil

பொருளற்ற

குறிப்பாக ஒரு சட்ட வழக்குக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் அல்லது சம்பந்தம் இல்லை

🇮🇳Telugu

నిరాకారమైనది

ముఖ్యంగా న్యాయ కేసుకు ఎటువంటి ప్రాముఖ్యత లేదా ఔచిత్యం లేదు

🇮🇳Marathi

अभौतिक

विशेषत: कायद्याच्या खटल्यासाठी कोणतेही महत्त्व किंवा प्रासंगिकता नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

નિરર્થક

ખાસ કરીને કાયદાના કેસ માટે કોઈ મહત્વ અથવા સુસંગતતા નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಭೌತಿಕ

ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಕಾನೂನು ಪ್ರಕರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ಪ್ರಾಮುಖ್ಯತೆ ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತತೆ ಇಲ್ಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അഭൌതികമായ

പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഒരു നിയമ കേസിന് പ്രാധാന്യമോ പ്രസക്തമോ ഇല്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਭੌਤਿਕ

ਖਾਸ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਕਾਨੂੰਨ ਦੇ ਕੇਸ ਲਈ ਕੋਈ ਮਹੱਤਵ ਜਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਗਿਕਤਾ ਨਹੀਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

غیر مادی

خاص طور پر قانون کے معاملے سے کوئی اہمیت یا مطابقت نہیں ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

无形的

不重要或不相关，特别是对于法律案件

🇯🇵Japanese

重要ではない

特に訴訟には重要でも関連性もない

🇰🇷Korean

중요하지 않은

특히 법률 소송에서는 중요하지 않거나 관련성이 없습니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phi vật chất

không có tầm quan trọng hoặc sự liên quan đặc biệt đối với một vụ án pháp luật

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่มีสาระสำคัญ

ไม่มีความสำคัญหรือเกี่ยวข้องโดยเฉพาะกับคดีทางกฎหมาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

tidak penting

tidak penting atau relevan terutama untuk kasus hukum

🇵🇭Filipino

hindi materyal

walang kahalagahan o kaugnayan lalo na sa isang kaso ng batas

🇲🇾Malay

tidak material

tidak penting atau relevan terutamanya kepada kes undang-undang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير مادي

ليس لها أهمية أو صلة خاصة بقضية قانونية

🇮🇷Persian

غیر مادی

هیچ اهمیت یا ربطی به خصوص به یک پرونده حقوقی ندارد

🇹🇷Turkish

önemsiz

özellikle bir hukuk davasıyla hiçbir önemi veya ilgisi yok

🇮🇱Hebrew

לֹא מְשַׁנֵה

ללא חשיבות או רלוונטיות במיוחד לתיק משפטי

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