Superlative for not having a physical existence
“At times, the book is about as convincing as a fairytale, proffering only light and insubstantial imaginings.”
Superlative for lacking strength and solidity
“As one pack of financial cards falls after another, we will experience a cleansing of the most exposed and insubstantial parts of the economy.”
Superlative for flimsy, or made of flimsy material
“A whitish insubstantial fabric forms the background with wide, soft blue ribbons forming a crisscross pattern.”
Superlative for little or inadequate in amount, level or degree
“At the beginning of the merger, there were insubstantial funds for any serious recapitalization effort.”
Superlative for hardly convincing or plausible
“I made a perhaps startling but, I believe, not insubstantial argument for considering ourselves, and this earth, as the center of the universe.”
Superlative for unimportant or insignificant in nature
Superlative for having no use, purpose or reason
Superlative for cheap, badly made, or of low quality
Superlative for lacking depth or substance, especially intellectually
Superlative for worn out or ruined because of age or neglect
Superlative for impractical and foolishly idealistic
Superlative for not highly intellectual or cultured
Superlative for built cheaply and shoddily
Superlative for physically slender, skinny or thin
Superlative for lighthearted and casually cheerful
Superlative for passing or disappearing with time
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