insubstantial / ˌɪn səbˈstæn ʃəl /

⚽高中词汇不实在的不切实际不切实际的非实质性

insubstantial 的定义

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

insubstantial 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

weak, imaginary

更多insubstantial例句

  1. However, for the sake of what isn’t an insubstantial investment, don’t mistake that for being fully waterproof.
  2. Meanwhile, this vast ecosystem of plug-ins brings with it a not-insubstantial number of security vulnerabilities.
  3. Even these willfully insubstantial constructions are more concrete than Jacqueline Maggi’s diaphanous, unoccupied rectangular enclosure.
  4. It was at least something, however insubstantial, that he could offer to Karzai at the talks.
  5. His aspect was as insubstantial as fog, dreams, or an expelled breath, and in this he resembled billions of human beings.
  6. After a brief market rally on Monday, confidence was snuffed out as traders reckoned the support was insubstantial.
  7. Insubstantial novelty has more to do with decadence than any form of innovation.
  8. That was another relative—James Lampton, a cousin—quite as lovable, and a builder of even more insubstantial dreams.
  9. The coast of America now looked more like a low-lying fringe of insubstantial cloud than solid land.
  10. Here we may fashion pictures and weave around them gossamer draperies as insubstantial as this golden twilight.
  11. When viewed in the light of that modern common sense which has guided economic discussion, it seems formal and insubstantial.
  12. Odd to reflect on—they were the insubstantial but coveted wealth of the woman fallen upon poverty, ignoble poverty!