unsubstantial

un·sub·stan·tial

 (ŭn′səb-stăn′shəl)

adj.

1. Lacking material substance; insubstantial.

2. Lacking firmness or strength; flimsy.

3. Lacking basis in fact.

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un′sub·stan′ti·al′i·ty (-shē-ăl′ĭ-tē) n.

un′sub·stan′tial·ly adv.

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unsubstantial

(ˌʌnsəbˈstænʃəl)

adj

1. lacking weight, strength, or firmness

2. (esp of an argument) of doubtful validity

3. of no material existence or substance; unreal

ˌunsubˌstantiˈality n

ˌunsubˈstantially adv

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un•sub•stan•tial

(ˌʌn səbˈstæn ʃəl)

adj.

1. having no foundation in fact.

2. without material substance.

3. materially paltry.

4. lacking strength or solidity; flimsy.

[1425–75]

un`sub•stan`ti•al′i•ty, n.

un`sub•stan′tial•ly, adv.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

unsubstantial - lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" insubstantial, unreal nonmaterial, immaterial - not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities"

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unsubstantial

adjective

1. Having no body, form, or substance:

bodiless, discarnate, disembodied, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, metaphysical, nonphysical, spiritual, unbodied, uncorporal.

2. Not physically strong:

decrepit, delicate, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, infirm, insubstantial, puny, unsound, weak, weakly.

3. Having little substance or significance; not solidly based:

feeble, flimsy, insubstantial, tenuous.

4. Not plausible or believable:

flimsy, implausible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, shaky, thin, unbelievable, unconceivable, unconvincing, weak.

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Translations

non sostanziale

unsubstantial

[ˈʌnsəbˈstænʃəl] ADJ → insustancial

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unsubstantial

adj (= flimsy) structure → leicht, dürftig; meal → leicht; evidence, proof → nicht überzeugend, nicht schlagkräftig; claim → ungerechtfertigt

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