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unmaterial

unmaterial adjective: not material; lacking tangible physical form.

Adjective

unmaterial (comparative more unmaterial, superlative most unmaterial)

  1. Not material; lacking tangible physical form.
    • Gianluca was a shadow, an unmaterial being, a thought--anything ethereal, but not a man.1895, F. Marion Crawford, Taquisara
    • Yet whether other beings, other presences, unmaterial, imponderable, intangible, did not walk the streets along with them, is open to doubt.1919, Lucas Malet, Deadham Hard

Forms of unmaterial

comparativemore unmaterial
superlativemost unmaterial

Origin of unmaterial

From un- + material.

Questions about unmaterial

What does unmaterial mean?
Unmaterial means not material; lacking tangible physical form.
What part of speech is unmaterial?
Unmaterial is an adjective.

Words near unmaterial in the dictionary

  1. unmatching
  2. unmatchless
  3. unmatcht
  4. unmate
  5. unmated
  6. unmaterial
  7. unmaterialised
  8. unmaterialist
  9. unmaterialistic
  10. unmaterialistically
  11. unmaterialized

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