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Definition of Insubstantial
1. Adjective. Lacking material form or substance; unreal. "An insubstantial mirage on the horizon"
Attributes: Solidness, Substantiality, Substantialness
Similar to: Aerial, Aeriform, Aery, Airy, Ethereal, Shadowy, Wraithlike, Stringy
Also: Immaterial, Nonmaterial
Derivative terms: Insubstantiality, Insubstantiality, Unreality, Unsubstantialize
Antonyms: Substantial
2. Adjective. Lacking in nutritive value. "The jejune diets of the very poor"
Definition of Insubstantial
1. a. Unsubstantial; not real or strong.
Definition of Insubstantial
1. Adjective. Lacking substance; not real or strong. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Insubstantial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insubstantial
Literary usage of Insubstantial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Insubstantial INVASION OB DESTRUCTION. §§ 518-519. ' S 518. Transitory disturbance
of possession.—There is authority for holding that a very slight ..."
2. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Insubstantial INVASION OB DESTRUCTION. 15 .T18-519. S 518. Transitory disturbance
of possession.—There is authority for holding that a very slight ..."
3. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Insubstantial INVASION OR DESTRUCTION. §§ 518-519. § 518. Transitory disturbance
of possession.—There is authority for holding that a very slight ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"Insubstantial, unreal. 10. Heterodox, heretical, unorthodox, detective. Unsparing;,
a. I. Liberal, profuse, lavish, bountiful, generous, ungrudging. ..."
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