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Meanings of insubstantial in English

Portuguese
insubstancial

Lacking material form or substance; unreal.

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insubstancial

Lacking in nutritive value.

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Usage of insubstantial in English
1
Another said there was an unclear economic link, but thought it insubstantial.
The Guardian
2
He is at his best when thus able to embody the insubstantial.
The Guardian
3
The claim that such weapons will be found now looks increasingly insubstantial.
The Irish Times
4
They were insubstantial as individuals, but en masse they had considerable authority.
Imajica: Complete Edition
5
Warriors were ghostly, insubstantial images, reflections floating on the sea of death.
Doom of the Dragon
6
The economic, monetary and banking crises make references to poems appear insubstantial.
The Irish Times
7
Earth and sky were blended together in the same insubstantial grey element.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
8
They seemed insubstantial when you first saw them, a string of squiggles.
Timescape
9
They have dressed her in blue and she looks cold and insubstantial.
The King’s Curse
10
She married the Marquis of Vaccarone, a babbling Neapolitan, insubstantial and light.
Cæsar or Nothing
11
Even those few boards that remained beneath his feet were becoming insubstantial.
Complete Books of Blood
12
They were blurred and insubstantial, like things remembered rather than actually seen.
The Divine Fire
13
He took shape in front of me, but he was still insubstantial.
The Angel Stone
14
Zeena herself, from an oppressive reality, had faded into an insubstantial shade.
Ethan Frome
15
He lets it go again with the gorgeous, cool, infuriatingly insubstantial Life.
The Irish Times
16
My stomach may have been insubstantial, but it could still writhe uneasily.
Ghost Story
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