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insubstantial

/in-suhb-stan-shuhl/US // ˌɪn səbˈstæn ʃəl //UK // (ˌɪnsəbˈstænʃəl) //

不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,非实质性

Related Words

illusory虚幻的,虚无缥缈的,虚幻,虚无缥缈flimsy单薄,单薄的,脆弱的,薄薄的unreal虚幻的,虚幻,虚无缥缈,不真实的fanciful梦幻般的,梦幻般,奇特的,遐想tenuous脆弱的,勉强,脆弱,棘手的puny弱小的,弱小,矮小的,弱不禁风unsubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,不真实的aerial航拍,空运,航行,空中airy轻盈的,轻盈,飘逸,飘逸的chimerical嵌合,嵌合体,嵌合型,嵌合的decrepit颓废的,颓然,颓废,衰败的ephemeral瞬息万变,瞬息万变的,短暂的,昙花一现feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱fly-by-night飞来横祸,蝇头小利,飞来横财,蝇头小利的人fragile脆弱的,娇嫩的,脆弱,纤弱的frail羸弱的,脆弱的,体弱的,体弱idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的immaterial非物质,不重要,非物质的,不重要的incorporeal无形的,无体的,无实体的,无生命的infirm老弱病残,老弱,体弱的,体弱

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
    • : not solid or firm; weak; flimsy.
    • : not substantial in amount or size; inconsiderable: an insubstantial sum.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.weak, imaginary
Synonyms
fanciful梦幻般的,梦幻般,奇特的,遐想flimsy单薄,单薄的,脆弱的,薄薄的illusory虚幻的,虚无缥缈的,虚幻,虚无缥缈puny弱小的,弱小,矮小的,弱不禁风tenuous脆弱的,勉强,脆弱,棘手的unreal虚幻的,虚幻,虚无缥缈,不真实的unsubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,不真实的aerial航拍,空运,航行,空中airy轻盈的,轻盈,飘逸,飘逸的chimerical嵌合,嵌合体,嵌合型,嵌合的decrepit颓废的,颓然,颓废,衰败的ephemeral瞬息万变,瞬息万变的,短暂的,昙花一现false假的,虚假,错误,错误的feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱fly-by-night飞来横祸,蝇头小利,飞来横财,蝇头小利的人fragile脆弱的,娇嫩的,脆弱,纤弱的frail羸弱的,脆弱的,体弱的,体弱idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的immaterial非物质,不重要,非物质的,不重要的imponderable不可思议的,不可估量的,不可思议,不可估量incorporeal无形的,无体的,无实体的,无生命的infirm老弱病残,老弱,体弱的,体弱intangible非物质,非物质的,非物质性,非物质性的metaphysical超物理性的,超物理性,超物理的,超现实主义petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷slender纤细,纤细的,苗条,苗条的slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细too little too late太少太晚,太少太迟,太少太晚了,太少太迟了unsound不健全,不健全的,不稳妥,不完善

Examples

  • However, for the sake of what isn’t an insubstantial investment, don’t mistake that for being fully waterproof.

  • Meanwhile, this vast ecosystem of plug-ins brings with it a not-insubstantial number of security vulnerabilities.

  • Even these willfully insubstantial constructions are more concrete than Jacqueline Maggi’s diaphanous, unoccupied rectangular enclosure.

  • It was at least something, however insubstantial, that he could offer to Karzai at the talks.

  • His aspect was as insubstantial as fog, dreams, or an expelled breath, and in this he resembled billions of human beings.

  • After a brief market rally on Monday, confidence was snuffed out as traders reckoned the support was insubstantial.

  • Insubstantial novelty has more to do with decadence than any form of innovation.

  • That was another relative—James Lampton, a cousin—quite as lovable, and a builder of even more insubstantial dreams.

  • The coast of America now looked more like a low-lying fringe of insubstantial cloud than solid land.

  • Here we may fashion pictures and weave around them gossamer draperies as insubstantial as this golden twilight.

  • When viewed in the light of that modern common sense which has guided economic discussion, it seems formal and insubstantial.

  • Odd to reflect on—they were the insubstantial but coveted wealth of the woman fallen upon poverty, ignoble poverty!

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