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example <strong>of</strong> immaculate scholarship.<br />

immaterial<br />

adj. 1 unimportant, inconsequential, nugatory, trivial,<br />

trifling, petty, slight, insignificant, slight, flimsy, light,<br />

unessential, non-essential, <strong>of</strong> little account or value: Whether<br />

he stays or goes is immaterial to me. 2 airy, incorporeal,<br />

disembodied, ethereal, ephemeral, evanescent, unsubstantial:<br />

<strong>The</strong> concept <strong>of</strong> immaterial matter, such as a gas, is difficult to<br />

comprehend.<br />

immature adj. 1 premature, undeveloped, unripe, rudimentary, half-grown,<br />

unformed, unfledged, fledgling, unfinished, young, new, fresh,<br />

incomplete: <strong>The</strong> immature growth in the spring is not hardy<br />

enough to survive a frost. 2 green, callow, unsophisticated,<br />

na‹ve, jejune, inexperienced, babyish, childish, childlike,<br />

puerile, juvenile, raw, Colloq wet behind the ears: She is a<br />

bit immature to assume so many responsibilities.<br />

immeasurable<br />

adj. vast, infinite, immense, huge, great, limitless,<br />

boundless, endless, interminable, unbounded, unlimited,<br />

measureless, inestimable, measureless, unfathomable;<br />

innumerable, numberless, uncountable, uncounted, incalculable:<br />

<strong>The</strong> tiny ship hurtled through the immeasurable vastness <strong>of</strong><br />

space. <strong>An</strong> immeasurable quantity <strong>of</strong> angels can dance on the head<br />

<strong>of</strong> a pin. He accomplished immeasurable good during his<br />

lifetime.<br />

immediate adj. 1 instantaneous, instant, abrupt, sudden, swift;<br />

spontaneous, instinctive, triggered, unhesitating, unthinking,<br />

automatic, reflex, knee-jerk: Why is your immediate reaction<br />

always to say 'It cannot be done'? 2 direct, nearest, next,<br />

closest, adjacent, proximate; nearby: Although he had cancer,<br />

the immediate cause <strong>of</strong> death was pneumonia. Is there a phone<br />

box in the immediate vicinity? 3 existing, present, current,<br />

actual, pressing, urgent: <strong>The</strong> immediate problem is to find a<br />

way <strong>of</strong> getting out <strong>of</strong> here.<br />

immediately<br />

adv. 1 at once, instantly, instantaneously, promptly, right<br />

away, right now, without delay, unhesitatingly, without<br />

hesitation, forthwith, this instant, directly, in a wink, in a

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