insubstantial
Insubstantial is an adjective that means lacking form, substance or nutritional value. If you're really hungry, a bowl of clear broth will seem pretty insubstantial.
If there is insubstantial evidence to convict an accused criminal, he will be set free. In the office, insubstantial expenses should be paid out of the petty cash draw. A thin blouse is too insubstantial to be worn in this cold weather. And a candy bar makes an insubstantial lunch — a sandwich and fruit would be more nutritious.
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lacking material form or substance; unreal“as insubstantial as a dream”“an insubstantial mirage on the horizon”
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synonyms:
unreal, unsubstantial
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aerial, aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
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shadowy, wraithlike
lacking in substance
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stringy
consisting of or containing string or strings
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immaterial, nonmaterial
not consisting of matter
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Antonyms:
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material, real, substantial
having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
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material
derived from or composed of matter
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aerial, aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal
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lacking in nutritive value
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synonyms:
jejune
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unwholesome
detrimental to physical or moral well-being
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unwholesome
Vocabulary lists containing insubstantial
Noor and Sal — two Pakistani American teenagers living in a small town — are falling in love as they struggle with difficult family issues.
After suffering a trauma, high school student Annabelle Agnelli decides to run 2,700 miles from Seattle to Washington, DC.
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