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INSUBSTANTIAL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does insubstantial mean?

• INSUBSTANTIAL (adjective)
The adjective INSUBSTANTIAL has 2 senses:

1. lacking material form or substance; unreal
2. lacking in nutritive value

Familiarity information: INSUBSTANTIAL used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INSUBSTANTIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Lacking material form or substance; unreal

Synonyms:

insubstantial; unsubstantial; unreal

Context examples:

as insubstantial as a dream / an insubstantial mirage on the horizon

Similar:

aerial; aeriform; aery; airy; ethereal (characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air)

shadowy; wraithlike (lacking in substance)

stringy (consisting of or containing string or strings)

Also:

immaterial; nonmaterial (not consisting of matter)

Attribute:

solidness; substantiality; substantialness (the quality of being substantial or having substance)

Antonym:

substantial (having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Lacking in nutritive value

Synonyms:

jejune; insubstantial

Context example:

the jejune diets of the very poor

Similar:

unwholesome (detrimental to physical or moral well-being)

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