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English adjective: insubstantial | |||
| 1. | insubstantial lacking material form or substance; unreal | ||
| Samples | As insubstantial as a dream. An insubstantial mirage on the horizon. | ||
| Synonyms | unreal, unsubstantial | ||
| Similar | aerial, aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal, shadowy, stringy, wraithlike | ||
| See also | immaterial, nonmaterial | ||
| Attribute | solidness, substantiality, substantialness | ||
| Antonyms | substantial, material, real | ||
| 2. | insubstantial lacking in nutritive value | ||
| Samples | The jejune diets of the very poor. | ||
| Synonyms | jejune | ||
| Similar | unwholesome | ||
| Antonyms | wholesome | ||
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