unmaterial

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adjective

Not material; lacking tangible physical form.

Scrabble 12

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adjectiveunmaterial (comparative more unmaterial, superlative most 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
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    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

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APA

unmaterial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmaterial

MLA

“unmaterial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmaterial. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmaterial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmaterial.

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