unsolidadj.
1. Not materially solid.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adjective]
thin849
subtilea1393
airya1398
subtlea1398
rarea1400
shirec1400
finea1425
solutec1440
intenuate1471
slender1528
ethereal1590
tenuous1597
spare1602
unsolid1611
unsolute1612
tenuious1634
etherical1656
airlike1821
wire-drawn1876
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Insolide, vnsolide, vnsound.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xi. 60 I..would not suffer any one to dip Within our offring, his vnsolide lip, Before Tiresias.
1646 J. Mayne Serm. Unity 38 A thin, unsolid, brittle, painted blast of wind.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. iv. 50 The continuity of unsolid, inseparable, and immoveable Parts.
1733 I. Watts Philos. Ess. (1734) v. i. 116 'Tis not solid Extension, for that is Body or Matter... 'Tis not empty or unsolid Extension, for that is pure Space.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 71 Nor is it conceivable that any assortment of unsolid..parts should form a solid..body.
1829 J. Phillips Illustr. Geol. Yorks. I. 73 These unsolid materials fall and waste away into slopes.
1896 Daily News 22 Jan. 5 German manufacturers are advised..to forsake the making of unsolid or ugly furniture.
2. figurative. Having no substance or sound basis.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > error in belief or opinion > [adjective]
falsec1175
ungroundedc1380
ungroundable1395
erroneousc1400
wrongc1400
rotten1529
mistaken1540
sinistral1542
sinistrous1562
errorful1570
unsolid1593
unsound1595
misgrounded1606
mistaking1631
errorous1633
unbottomed1641
erratile1652
heterodox1654
unbased1860
misfelt1935
fuzzy1937
flaky1972
1593 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 58 The presbiterie debarris Connald Strutheris for his vnsolid speichis..fra the communioune at this present seasoun.
1639 W. Sclater, Jr. Worthy Communicant Rewarded 37 Its cleare, that this Consubstantiation of the Lutherans is unsolid.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 45 Unsolid and corrupted judgements both in doctrine and life.
1726 J. Thomson Winter 15 Where now, are fled..those unsolid Hopes Of Happiness?
1792 G. Wakefield Mem. (1804) I. 115 The generality of them [sc. criticisms] are triviall or unsolid.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters 204 To separate the solid from the unsolid thinking contained in my abstract.
1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma Pref. p. xxv To what is unsolid in the New Testament he applies the historic method ably enough.
3. Lacking solid worth or merit.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible
unworthc893
unwrastc893
littleOE
narrow-hearteda1200
wretcha1200
unworthya1240
wretchedc1250
un-i-wrastc1275
bad1276
lechera1300
feeblea1325
despisablea1340
villain1340
contemptiblec1384
lousyc1386
caitiff1393
brothelyc1400
roinousa1425
poor1425
sevenpennyc1475
nasty1477
peakish1519
filthy1533
despectuous1541
beggary1542
scald1542
shitten?1545
disdainfula1547
contemptuous1549
despicable1553
skit-brained?1553
contemniblea1555
vile1560
sluttish1561
queer1567
scornful1570
scallardc1575
tinkerly?1576
worthless1576
beggarly?1577
paltry1578
halfpenny1579
dog bolt1580
pitiful1582
sneaking1582
triobolar1585
wormisha1586
baddy1586
dudgeon1592
measled1596
packstaff1598
roguey1598
roguish1601
contemptful1608
grovelling1608
lightly1608
disdainable1611
purulent1611
snotty-nose1622
vilipendious1630
cittern-headed1638
wormy1640
pissabed1643
triobolary1644
disparageable1648
blue-bellied1652
unestimable1656
scullion1658
piteous1667
dirty1670
shabbed1674
shabby1679
snotty1681
snotty-nosed1682
mucky1683
bollocky1694
scoundrel1700
scaldeda1704
sneaking1703
ficulnean1716
unsolid1731
pitiable1753
scrubby1754
inimitable1798
scrubbish1798
worm-likea1807
small1824
lowlife1827
ketty1828
skunkish1831
yellow-bellied1833
scaly1843
cockroachya1845
wutless1853
nigger1859
trashy1862
low-down1872
cruddy1877
shitty1879
tinhorn1886
blithering1889
motherfucking1890
snidey1890
pilgarlicky1894
shitass1895
shoddy1918
yah boo1921
bitching1929
shit-faced1932
turdish1936
fricking1937
jerk-off1937
chickenshit1940
sheg-up1941
snot-nosed1941
jerky1944
mother-loving1948
scroungy1948
fecking1952
pissant1952
shit-kicking1953
shit-eating1956
bumboclaat1957
rassclaat1957
shit-headed1959
farkakte1960
shithouse1966
daggy1967
dipshit1968
scuzzy1969
bloodclaat1971
bitch ass1972
wanky1972
streelish1974
twatty1975
twattish1976
dweeby1988
douchey1991
wank1991
cockish1996
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > base or vile
low?c1225
lechera1300
vilea1300
feeblea1325
unfreec1330
villain1340
wrackc1375
villains1390
noughty1443
slovenly?1518
peasant1550
sluttish1561
vild1567
knaifatic1568
scallardc1575
base1576
tinkerly?1576
beggarly?1577
cullion-like1591
brokerly1592
broking1592
ignoble1592
cullionly1608
disnoble1609
unsolid1731
lowly1740
blackguard1751
blackguardly1779
menial1837
low-flung1841
caddish1868
basilar1884
bounding1904
bounderish1928
1731 A. Hill Advice to Poets 193 But ah! far short the unsolid tinklers rise, Nor soar, but flutter, in the muse's skies.
Derivatives
unˈsolidly adv.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adverb]
subtilely?a1425
unsolidly1611
aerially1812
tenuously1892
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adverb]
hokerly?c1225
caitiflyc1425
contemptiblya1438
villainously1484
scabbedly1548
sneakishly1560
miserably1585
contemnedly1594
pitifully1601
dirtilya1631
worthlessly1637
mangilya1640
projectedly1660
despicablya1691
shabbily1755
unsolidly1755
worm-like1814
scrubbily1891
motherfucking1966
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adverb] > in a base or vile manner
unwraste?c1225
vilelyc1290
unwrastlyc1320
villainlya1325
vilea1400
vildly1575
basely1593
ignobly1594
projectedly1660
unsolidly1755
blackguardly1827
bounderishly1921
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Insolidement Vnsoundly, vnsolidely.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Loosely Unsolidly; meanly; without dignity.
unˈsolidness n.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] > delusive nature
fallacy1646
prestigiousness1646
delusivenessa1652
deceptive1652
phantastry1656
unsolidnessa1684
illusiveness1727
illusoriness1727
deceptiveness1837
a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1693) I. 261 Consider this as our happiness, and the unsolidness of other comforts, and priviledges.
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