Unsubstantial
adj
adj ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Insubstantial. archaic
"What boots it, that my Fortune decks me thus / With unſubſtantial Plumes; when my Heart groans / Beneath the gay Capariſon, and Love / With unrequited Paſſion wounds my Soul!"
Adjective
- 1 lacking material form or substance; unreal wordnet
Example
More examples"What boots it, that my Fortune decks me thus / With unſubſtantial Plumes; when my Heart groans / Beneath the gay Capariſon, and Love / With unrequited Paſſion wounds my Soul!"
Etymology
From un- + substantial.
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