unmaterial

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ material.

Adjective

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unmaterial (comparative more unmaterial, superlative most unmaterial)

  1. Not material; lacking tangible physical form.
    • 1895, F. Marion Crawford, Taquisara[1]:
      Gianluca was a shadow, an unmaterial being, a thought--anything ethereal, but not a man.
    • 1919, Lucas Malet, Deadham Hard[2]:
      Yet whether other beings, other presences, unmaterial, imponderable, intangible, did not walk the streets along with them, is open to doubt.

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