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Insubstantial

Insubstantial Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Insubstantial? [adj] lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" [adj] lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Insubstantial: aerial \| aeriform \| aery \| airy \| ethereal \| jejune \| shadowy \| unreal \| unsubstantial \| unwholesome \| wraithlike Related Terms \| Find terms related to Insubstantial: adulterated \| airy \| asomatous \| astral \| attenuate \| attenuated \| bodiless \| boyish \| brittle \| capricious \| changeable \| chimerical \| corruptible \| cut \| dangerous \| decarnate \| decarnated \| deciduous \| decrepit \| defalcation \| deficiency \| deficit \| delicate \| desultory \| diaphanous \| dilute \| diluted \| discarnate \| disembodied \| dying \| ephemeral \| ethereal \| evanescent \| extramundane \| fading \| false \| fancied \| fanciful \| fantastic \| feeble \| fickle \| fine \| fine-drawn \| finespun \| fleeting \| flimsy \| flitting \| fly-by-night \| flying \| fragile \| frail \| fugacious \| fugitive \| gaseous \| gauzy \| ghostly \| girlish \| gossamer \| gracile \| hallucinatory \| illusive \| illusory \| imaginary \| imagined \| immaterial \| impalpable \| impermanent \| impetuous \| imponderable \| impulsive \| inadequacy \| inconclusive \| inconstant \| incorporate \| incorporeal \| infirm \| insecure \| insignificant \| insufficiency \| intangible \| lack \| lacy \| light \| metaphysical \| misty \| momentary \| mortal \| mutable \| nondurable \| nonmaterial \| nonpermanent \| nonphysical \| nonsubstantial \| occult \| otherworldly \| paltry \| papery \| passing \| paucity \| perilous \| perishable \| phantasmal \| phantom \| poor \| poverty \| precarious \| provisional \| psychic \| puny \| rare \| rarefied \| risky \| scant \| scantiness \| scarceness \| shadowy \| shaky \| shifting \| shifty \| shortage \| short-lived \| slender \| slenderish \| slight \| slight-made \| slim \| slimmish \| slinky \| slippery \| small \| spiritual \| subtile \| subtle \| supernatural \| svelte \| sylphlike \| temporal \| temporary \| tentative \| tenuous \| thin \| thin-bodied \| thinned \| thinned-out \| thinnish \| thin-set \| thin-spun \| threadlike \| ticklish \| transient \| transitive \| transitory \| transmundane \| treacherous \| uncompact \| uncompressed \| unconcrete \| undependable \| underage \| undurable \| unearthly \| unembodied \| unenduring \| unextended \| unfaithworthy \| unfleshly \| unphysical \| unproved \| unreal \| unreliable \| unrigorous \| unsolid \| unsound \| unstable \| unsteadfast \| unsteady \| unsubstanced \| unsubstantial \| unsure \| unsustained \| untrustworthy \| unworldly \| vague \| vaporous \| visionary \| volatile \| wasp-waisted \| watered \| watered-down \| watery \| weak \| weightless \| willowy \| windy \| wiredrawn \| wispy See Also \| immaterial \| nonmaterial Insubstantial In Webster's Dictionary \In`sub*stan"tial\, a. Unsubstantial; not real or strong. ``Insubstantial pageant.'' [R.] --Shak.

Insubstantial Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Insubstantial?

[adj] lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"
[adj] lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"

See Also | immaterial | nonmaterial

Insubstantial In Webster's Dictionary

\In`sub*stan"tial\, a.
Unsubstantial; not real or strong. ``Insubstantial pageant.''
[R.] --Shak.

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