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insubstantiality

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

非实体性,不实在的,不实在,不真实

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

nouninfirmity
Synonyms
affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼ailment疾病,病症,病痛,毛病confinement囚禁,拘禁,监禁,拘束debilitation衰弱,衰竭,减弱,虚弱debility体弱多病,体弱,衰弱,体弱症decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减decrepitude颓废,衰弱,腐朽性,衰退defect缺陷,瑕疵,叛逃,叛逃事件deficiency不足之处,缺陷,缺点,不足delicacy美味佳肴,美味,珍馐,美味的东西disease疾病,病症,病,患病disorder紊乱,无序,无秩序,无序的failing失败,失败的,失效,失误fault错,故障,错误,缺点feebleness软弱无力,软弱,软弱性,软弱无能flimsiness薄情寡义,薄弱,薄板,单薄flu感冒,感流感,流感,流流fragility脆弱性,脆弱,脆弱程度,脆弱度frailness体弱,体弱多病,虚弱,脆弱frailty体弱,虚弱,体弱多病,体质imperfection不完善的地方,不完善,不完善之处,不完美indisposition病症,病况,病痛,病情malady弊病,弊端,恶疾malaise发热,发热症,发烧,发热病puniness惩罚性,惩罚,惩罚性的,惩罚性问题shortcoming缺点,缺陷,短处,短缺unhealthiness不健康,不健康状况,不健康状态,不健康的unsoundness不健全,不健全性,不健康,不健全的unwellness不健康,不舒服,不健康状况,不健康状态vulnerability脆弱性,漏洞,脆弱,脆弱程度weakness弱点,虚弱,弱势,虚弱性ailing患病的,患病,生病的,生病delicateness精致度,精致性,美味度,娇嫩度diseasedness病态,患病率,患病情况,疾病fragileness脆弱,脆弱程度,脆弱性,脆弱度ill health健康状况不佳,健康不佳,健康不良,身体不适sickliness病态,病态性,病态程度,患病率unhealth不健康,不健康状况,不健康的,非健康unsubstantiality不真实,不符合事实,不实在的,不实在weakliness弱点,软弱性,弱势,虚弱

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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