figurative. Poor or meagre in quantity or quality; slight, mean. Somewhat archaic. Of diet: Poor, innutritious. Of employment (colloquial)…
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释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > slight > slight or insubstantial (14) leanc1325 figurative. Poor or meagre in quantity or quality; slight, mean. Somewhat archaic. Of diet: Poor, innutritious. Of employment (colloquial)… light1534 Of knowledge or understanding: not extensive; slight. rushy1579 figurative. Weak, insubstantial. Also: imprecisely defined. Obsolete. slight1585 Lacking in solid or substantial qualities. smattering1589 Slight, superficial, imperfect. exile1610 Unsubstantial, attenuated; brief, condensed; (of a voice, a sound) high-pitched, light, weak. unmassy1665 Not massy. insubstantial1767 Void of substance; not of stout or solid substance; unsubstantial. Also figurative. flimsy1780 In physical sense: Destitute of strength or solidity; easily destroyed; slight, frail, unsubstantial. tenuousa1817 figurative. Slender, of slight importance or significance; meagre, weak; flimsy, vague, unsubstantial. unsubstantial1825 Lacking in substance or solidity. Also in combinations. gaseous1846 figurative. Light, insubstantial; inflated, overblown (cf. gassy, adj. 2). slimline1973 figurative. Exiguous, economical, stripped of unnecessary elaboration. lite1986 colloquial (originally U.S.). Designating a simplified or moderated version of something; (depreciative) lacking in substance; oversimplified… |
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