unsubstantial

un·sub·stan·tial

U0119800 (ŭn′səb-stăn′shəl)adj.1. Lacking material substance; insubstantial.2. Lacking firmness or strength; flimsy.3. Lacking basis in fact.

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un′sub·stan′ti·al′i·ty (-shē-ăl′ĭ-tē) n.un′sub·stan′tial·ly adv.

unsubstantial

(ˌʌnsəbˈstænʃəl) adj1. lacking weight, strength, or firmness2. (esp of an argument) of doubtful validity3. of no material existence or substance; unreal ˌunsubˌstantiˈality n ˌunsubˈstantially adv

un•sub•stan•tial

(ˌʌn səbˈstæn ʃəl)

adj. 1. having no foundation in fact. 2. without material substance. 3. materially paltry. 4. lacking strength or solidity; flimsy. [1425–75] un`sub•stan`ti•al′i•ty, n. un`sub•stan′tial•ly, adv.

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Adj.

1.

unsubstantial - lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"insubstantial, unrealnonmaterial, immaterial - not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities"

unsubstantial

adjective1. Having no body, form, or substance:bodiless, discarnate, disembodied, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, metaphysical, nonphysical, spiritual, unbodied, uncorporal.2. Not physically strong:decrepit, delicate, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, infirm, insubstantial, puny, unsound, weak, weakly.3. Having little substance or significance; not solidly based:feeble, flimsy, insubstantial, tenuous.4. Not plausible or believable:flimsy, implausible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, shaky, thin, unbelievable, unconceivable, unconvincing, weak.

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