# immaterial

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌɪ.məˈtɪə.ɹɪ.əl/ · frequency rank #33,279

## Definitions
1. Having no matter or substance; incorporeal.
2. Of the nature of the soul or spirit; spiritual.
3. Of no importance; inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant.
4. Having or seeming to have very little substance; insubstantial, slight.
5. Especially of evidence; chiefly followed by to: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed; irrelevant.

## Etymology
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English immaterial, inmateriall (“incorporeal; spiritual”), from Middle French immateriel (“not material”) (modern French immatériel), and from its etymon Medieval Latin immāteriālis (“not material”), from Latin im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + māteriālis (“made of matter, material”) (from māteria (“matter, substance, material”) (from māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr, + ia) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). The English word is analysable as im- + material.
The noun is derived from the adjective.

## Common misspellings (12)
`imamterial`, `imaterial`, `immaetrial`, `immateiral`, `immaterail`, `immateriall`, `immaterila`, `immaterrial`, `immatreial`, `immatterial`, `immtaerial`, `mimaterial`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/immaterial