Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insubstantial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Insubstantial \In`sub*stan"tial\, a.
Unsubstantial; not real or strong. ``Insubstantial pageant.''
[R.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
insubstantial
adj 1: lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as
insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on
the horizon" [syn: {unsubstantial}, {unreal}] [ant: {substantial}]
2: lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very
poor" [syn: {jejune}]
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