insubstantial 音标拼音: [ɪnsəbst'æntʃəl] [ɪnsəbst'ænʃəl]
a . 脆弱的,无实体的,非实质的
脆弱的,无实体的,非实质的
insubstantial adj 1 :
lacking material form or substance ;
unreal ; "
as insubstantial as a dream "; "
an insubstantial mirage on the horizon " [
synonym : {
insubstantial }, {
unsubstantial },
{
unreal }] [
ant : {
material }, {
real }, {
substantial }]
2 :
lacking in nutritive value ; "
the jejune diets of the very poor " [
synonym : {
insubstantial }, {
jejune }]
Insubstantial \
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a .
Unsubstantial ;
not real or strong . "
Insubstantial pageant ."
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1913 Webster ]
196 Moby Thesaurus words for "
insubstantial ":
adulterated ,
airy ,
asomatous ,
astral ,
attenuate ,
attenuated ,
bodiless ,
boyish ,
brittle ,
capricious ,
changeable ,
chimerical ,
corruptible ,
cut ,
dangerous ,
decarnate ,
decarnated ,
deciduous ,
decrepit ,
defalcation ,
deficiency ,
deficit ,
delicate ,
desultory ,
diaphanous ,
dilute ,
diluted ,
discarnate ,
disembodied ,
dying ,
ephemeral ,
ethereal ,
evanescent ,
extramundane ,
fading ,
false ,
fancied ,
fanciful ,
fantastic ,
feeble ,
fickle ,
fine ,
fine -
drawn ,
finespun ,
fleeting ,
flimsy ,
flitting ,
fly -
by -
night ,
flying ,
fragile ,
frail ,
fugacious ,
fugitive ,
gaseous ,
gauzy ,
ghostly ,
girlish ,
gossamer ,
gracile ,
hallucinatory ,
illusive ,
illusory ,
imaginary ,
imagined ,
immaterial ,
impalpable ,
impermanent ,
impetuous ,
imponderable ,
impulsive ,
inadequacy ,
inconclusive ,
inconstant ,
incorporate ,
incorporeal ,
infirm ,
insecure ,
insignificant ,
insufficiency ,
intangible ,
lack ,
lacy ,
light ,
metaphysical ,
misty ,
momentary ,
mortal ,
mutable ,
nondurable ,
nonmaterial ,
nonpermanent ,
nonphysical ,
nonsubstantial ,
occult ,
otherworldly ,
paltry ,
papery ,
passing ,
paucity ,
perilous ,
perishable ,
phantasmal ,
phantom ,
poor ,
poverty ,
precarious ,
provisional ,
psychic ,
puny ,
rare ,
rarefied ,
risky ,
scant ,
scantiness ,
scarceness ,
shadowy ,
shaky ,
shifting ,
shifty ,
short -
lived ,
shortage ,
slender ,
slenderish ,
slight ,
slight -
made ,
slim ,
slimmish ,
slinky ,
slippery ,
small ,
spiritual ,
subtile ,
subtle ,
supernatural ,
svelte ,
sylphlike ,
temporal ,
temporary ,
tentative ,
tenuous ,
thin ,
thin -
bodied ,
thin -
set ,
thin -
spun ,
thinned ,
thinned -
out ,
thinnish ,
threadlike ,
ticklish ,
transient ,
transitive ,
transitory ,
transmundane ,
treacherous ,
uncompact ,
uncompressed ,
unconcrete ,
undependable ,
underage ,
undurable ,
unearthly ,
unembodied ,
unenduring ,
unextended ,
unfaithworthy ,
unfleshly ,
unphysical ,
unproved ,
unreal ,
unreliable ,
unrigorous ,
unsolid ,
unsound ,
unstable ,
unsteadfast ,
unsteady ,
unsubstanced ,
unsubstantial ,
unsure ,
unsustained ,
untrustworthy ,
unworldly ,
vague ,
vaporous ,
visionary ,
volatile ,
wasp -
waisted ,
watered ,
watered -
down ,
watery ,
weak ,
weightless ,
willowy ,
windy ,
wiredrawn ,
wispy
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INSUBSTANTIAL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of INSUBSTANTIAL is not substantial How to use insubstantial in a sentence
INSUBSTANTIAL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com INSUBSTANTIAL definition: not substantial or real; lacking substance See examples of insubstantial used in a sentence
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Insubstantial - definition of insubstantial by The Free Dictionary 1 Not firm or solid; weak or flimsy: a shed made of insubstantial materials 2 Very small or negligible, as in importance, size, or amount: an insubstantial volume of traffic 3 Lacking or appearing to lack substance or reality: "the insubstantial vapor of an autumn field" (Loren Eiseley)
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insubstantial - WordReference. com Dictionary of English WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2022 in•sub•stan•tial ˌɪnsəbˈstænʃəl adj not substantial; not real: The experience now seems as insubstantial as a dream not solid or firm; weak; flimsy: an insubstantial support on a chair See -stan-
insubstantial - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Adjective insubstantial (comparative more insubstantial, superlative most insubstantial) Lacking substance; not real or strong
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