English > unsubstantial: 1 sense > adjective 1Meaning | lacking material form or substance; unreal. |
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Synonyms | insubstantial, unreal |
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Attribute of | substantiality, substantialness, solidness | The quality of being substantial or having substance |
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Narrower | aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal | Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality |
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hollow | Lacking in substance or character |
shadowy, wraithlike | lacking in substance |
stringy | Consisting of or containing string or strings |
See also | immaterial, nonmaterial | not consisting of matter |
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Opposite | substantial, real, material | Having substance or capable of being treated as fact |
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Spanish | anodina, anodino, hueco, insubstancial, insustancial, irreal |
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Verbs | unsubstantialize | render immaterial or incorporeal |
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