Lacking in substance or significance
“This vagueness and insubstantiality is bound up with the director's artistic-intellectual outlook and methods.”
The state or condition of being implausible or unconvincing
“Snippets of the appellant's argument before Judge Hill will suffice to reveal the essential insubstantiality of his argument.”
The state of being shaky or unstable in construction or structure
“He cited a section of the report that highlighted the insubstantiality of the bridge's structural system.”
The state or quality of being weak or frail
“He was a man of such physical insubstantiality that the slightest wind from the heat of New York streets threatened to blow him right off the sidewalk and on to summary execution by the traffic.”
The state or quality of being sickly
Something with little significance, or the state of being insignificant
The state or fact of lasting for only a limited period of time
Intangibility or immateriality
Fluffiness or lightness
Lack of certainty or distinctness
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