insubstantial

insubstantial
adj
1. unsubstantial, slight, flims" tenuous, thin, watery, watered-down; poor, weak, feeble, frail, fragile; delicate, dainty, light, fine, ethereal, gauzy, gossamer, cobwebby.
2. insignificant, unimportant, of little or no import, negligible, nugatory, inconsiderable, inconsequential; trivial, trifling, petty, niggling, minor, piddling, Inf. picayune; paltry, meager, mere, scant, small, puny, dinky.
3. unreal, illusory, illusive, false, delusive, hallucinatory, phantom, phantasmal, spectral, ghostly; intangible, impalpable, immaterial, incorporeal, spiritual; visionary, imaginary, imagined, chimerical, dreamy, fanciful; airy, vaporous, wild, idle, empty; fantastic, make-believe, made-up, fictitious.

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  • insubstantial — has ousted unsubstantial for the word meaning ‘lacking substance or solidity’ …   Modern English usage

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  • insubstantial — adjective 1) an insubstantial structure Syn: flimsy, fragile, breakable, weak, frail, slight, unstable, shaky, wobbly, rickety, ramshackle, jerry built Ant: sturdy 2) …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • insubstantial — [[t]ɪ̱nsəbstæ̱nʃ(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is insubstantial is not large, solid, or strong. Mars has an insubstantial atmosphere, consisting almost entirely of carbon dioxide... Her limbs were insubstantial, almost transparent …   English dictionary

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