Unsubstantial

adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 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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