Unsubstantial
[ʌnsəb'stænʃ(ə)l] or [,ʌnsəb'stænʃəl]
Definition
(a.) Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.
Checker: Mara
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Light, flimsy, gossamery.
Typed by Jolin
Definition
adj. not substantial not real not solid or strong.—v.t. Unsubstan′tialise.—ns. Unsubstantial′ity; Unsubstantiā′tion.
Inputed by Enoch
Examples
- How unsubstantial, and flickering, and flitting! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- They were coarse, unsubstantial, freckled all over with broad yellow splotches, and could neither stand wear nor public exhibition. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For these reasons I was sorry to go; but for other reasons, unsubstantial enough, I was glad. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Within a minute afterwards, he was, to all outward appearance, as unsubstantial as ever. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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