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UNSUBSTANTIAL

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Lacking material form or substance; unreal

Example:

an insubstantial mirage on the horizon

Synonyms:

insubstantial; unreal; unsubstantial

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Adjectives

Similar:

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

shadowy; wraithlike (lacking in substance)

hollow (lacking in substance or character)

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)

Derivation:

unsubstantialize (render immaterial or incorporeal)

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