in- + tangible

source: Original Serial Experiments Lain Gifs - Kamigotaru

unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence:

触れることのできない、無形の、実体のない

e.g. my companions do not care about cyberspace or anything else so intangible.

difficult or impossible to define or understand; vague and abstract:

〈性質･感情などが〉つかみどころのない, 説明が難しい, 不可解な.

e.g. the rose symbolized something intangible about their relationship.

(of an asset or benefit) not constituting or represented by a physical object and of a value not precisely measurable:

〘商〙 〈財産が〉無形の, 実体のない

e.g. intangible business property like trademarks and patents.

noun (usually intangibles)

an intangible thing:

〖通例～s〗 手で触れられないもの; 無形の財産.

e.g. intangibles like self-confidence and responsibility.

intangibility |ˌinˌtanjəˈbilədē| noun

intangibly |-blē| adverb

early 17th century (as an adjective): from French, or from medieval Latin intangibilis, from in- ‘not’ + late Latin tangibilis (see tangible).