Definition of unsubstantial Unsubstantial
un•sub•stan•tial
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| unsubstantial - lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" | ||
| insubstantial, unreal | ||
| substantial, material, real having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare | ||
| nonmaterial, immaterial not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities" | ||
| substantiality, substantialness, solidness the quality of being substantial or having substance | ||
| aery, aerial, aeriform, airy, ethereal existing or living or growing or operating in the air; "aerial roots of a philodendron"; "aerial particles"; "small aerial creatures such as butterflies"; "aerial warfare"; "aerial photography"; "aerial cable cars" | ||
| wraithlike, shadowy lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- unsubstantial (a.)
Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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unsubstantial
Lacking material form or substance.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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unsubstantial
un-sub-stan′shal, adj. not substantial, not real, not solid or strong.—v.t. Unsubstan′tialise.—ns. Unsubstantial′ity; Unsubstantiā′tion
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