immaterial
adjective /ˌɪm.əˈtɪə.ri.əl/
/-ˈtɪr.i-/ Definition
› not important, or not relating to the subject you are thinking about: Whether the book is well or badly written is immaterial (to me) - it has an important message.Irrelevant
(Definition of immaterial adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a fifth/third wheel idiom
- be neither here nor there idiom
- be no object idiom
- beside preposition
- enter into sth phrasal verb
- extraneous adjective
- irrelevance noun
- irrelevant adjective
- make no odds idiom
- moot adjective (LEGAL CASE)
- nothing pronoun
- out of the picture idiom
- point noun (IDEA EXPRESSED)
- prejudice noun
- red herring noun
- unconnected adjective
- unrelated adjective
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