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(adj) nonmaterial
not consisting of matter
immaterial apparitions; ghosts and other immaterial entities
(adj) incorporeal
without material form or substance
an incorporeal spirit
(adj) indifferent
(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
(adj) orthogonal, extraneous, impertinent
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