insubstantial

in·sub·stan·tial

I0172300 (ĭn′səb-stăn′shəl)adj.1. Not firm or solid; weak or flimsy: a shed made of insubstantial materials.2. Very small or negligible, as in importance, size, or amount: an insubstantial volume of traffic.3. Lacking or appearing to lack substance or reality: "the insubstantial vapor of an autumn field" (Loren Eiseley).

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in′sub·stan′ti·al′i·ty (-shē-ăl′ĭ-tē) n.

insubstantial

(ˌɪnsəbˈstænʃəl) adj1. not substantial; flimsy, tenuous, or slight2. imaginary; unreal ˌinsubˌstantiˈality n ˌinsubˈstantially adv

in•sub•stan•tial

(ˌɪn səbˈstæn ʃəl)

adj. 1. not substantial or real; lacking substance. 2. not solid or firm; weak; flimsy. 3. not substantial in amount or size; inconsiderable. [1600–10; < Late Latin] in`sub•stan`ti•al′i•ty, n. in`sub•stan′tial•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	insubstantial - lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"unsubstantial, unrealnonmaterial, immaterial - not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities"substantial, material, real - having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare
	2.	insubstantial - lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"jejuneunwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"

insubstantial

adjective1. flimsy, thin, weak, slight, frail, feeble, tenuous Her limbs were insubstantial, almost transparent.
flimsy strong, solid, substantial, firm, weighty2. imaginary, unreal, fanciful, immaterial, ephemeral, illusory, incorporeal, chimerical Their thoughts seemed as insubstantial as smoke.

insubstantial

adjective1. Having no body, form, or substance:bodiless, discarnate, disembodied, immaterial, incorporeal, metaphysical, nonphysical, spiritual, unbodied, uncorporal, unsubstantial.2. Having little substance or significance; not solidly based:feeble, flimsy, tenuous, unsubstantial.3. Not physically strong:decrepit, delicate, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, infirm, puny, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, weakly.

Translations

incorporeo