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UNSUBSTANTIAL

Dictionary entry overview: What does unsubstantial mean?

• UNSUBSTANTIAL (adjective)
The adjective UNSUBSTANTIAL has 1 sense:

1. lacking material form or substance; unreal

Familiarity information: UNSUBSTANTIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• UNSUBSTANTIAL (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)

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