Meanings
adjectivematterless (not comparable)
- not comparableunimportant, irrelevant.
It's propped against a jug, but all that is matterless now.
2009, John McGahern, That They May Face the Rising Sun
Origin
- Middle Englishmaterles
- Englishmatterless
From Middle English materles, equivalent to matter + -less.
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matterless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matterless
MLA
“matterless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matterless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “matterless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matterless.
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