Definition of Insubstantial

1. Adjective. Lacking material form or substance; unreal. "An insubstantial mirage on the horizon"


2. Adjective. Lacking in nutritive value. "The jejune diets of the very poor"
Exact synonyms: Jejune
Similar to: Unwholesome
Derivative terms: Jejuneness, Jejunity

Definition of Insubstantial

1. a. Unsubstantial; not real or strong.

Definition of Insubstantial

1. Adjective. Lacking substance; not real or strong. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insubstantial

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insubstantial

instruments
instyle
instyled
instyles
instyling
insuavity
insubjection
insubmergible
insubmission
insubmissive
insubordinate
insubordinately
insubordinates
insubordination
insubordinations
insubstantial
insubstantialities
insubstantiality
insubstantially
insubstantive
insuccation
insuccations
insuccess
insuck
insucken
insucking
insudate
insuetude
insufferable
insufferableness

Literary usage of Insubstantial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Insubstantial INVASION OB DESTRUCTION. §§ 518-519. ' S 518. Transitory disturbance of possession.—There is authority for holding that a very slight ..."

2. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Insubstantial INVASION OB DESTRUCTION. 15 .T18-519. S 518. Transitory disturbance of possession.—There is authority for holding that a very slight ..."

3. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Insubstantial INVASION OR DESTRUCTION. §§ 518-519. § 518. Transitory disturbance of possession.—There is authority for holding that a very slight ..."

4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"Insubstantial, unreal. 10. Heterodox, heretical, unorthodox, detective. Unsparing;, a. I. Liberal, profuse, lavish, bountiful, generous, ungrudging. ..."

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