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insubstantial

The English word “insubstantial” has 1 meaning listed here.

adjective

  1. Lacking substance; not real or strong.

Etymology

Probably from Middle French insubstantiel, from Latin insubstantiālis, from in- + substantiālis. By surface analysis, in- + substantial.

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