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adj
Insubstantial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: airy, aery, ethereal, immaterial, insubstantial, tenuous, unreal, unsubstantial
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
lacking material form or substance; unreal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: insubstantial, unreal
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English substantial English unsubstantial From un- + substantial.
