insubstantialadjective
uk/ˌɪn.səbˈstæn.ʃəl//ˌɪn.səbˈstɑːn.ʃəl/us/ˌɪn.səbˈstæn.ʃəl//ˌɪn.səbˈstɑːn.ʃəl/insubstantial adjective (NOT ENOUGH)
not enough or not strong enough:
an insubstantial meal
insubstantial evidence
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Light and weightless
- (as) light as a feather idiom
- airy
- be (as) light as a feather idiom
- ethereal
- feather
- floaty
- fluffy
- foamy
- frothy
- lather
- light
- lightness
- lightweight
- portable
- sheer
- weightless
- wispy
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Of little or less importance
insubstantial adjective (IMAGINARY)
literary not existing as a physical person or thing:
She seemed somehow insubstantial - a shadow of a woman.
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True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not gold idiom
- apocryphal
- fairy tale
- faithful
- false
- falsely
- fictional
- glitter
- gritty
- nominal
- pretend
- proper
- properly
- properly speaking idiom
- pukka
- realistic
- well founded
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