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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. lacking material form or substance; unreal;
- Example: "as insubstantial as a dream"
- Example: "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"
[syn: insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal]

2. lacking in nutritive value;
- Example: "the jejune diets of the very poor"
[syn: insubstantial, jejune]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Insubstantial \In`sub*stan"tial\, a.
   Unsubstantial; not real or strong. "Insubstantial pageant."
   [R.] --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

insubstantial
    adj 1: lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as
           insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on
           the horizon" [syn: insubstantial, unsubstantial,
           unreal] [ant: material, real, substantial]
    2: lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very
       poor" [syn: insubstantial, jejune]