insubstantial
adjEtymology Probably from Middle French insubstantiel, from Latin insubstantiālis, from in- + substantiālis. By surface analysis, in- + substantial.
1
Lacking substance; not real or strong.
- The bridge was insubstantial and would not safely carry a car.
- By manipulating the flow of magic, Eragon quickly descended from the Ra'zac's lair—which the insubstantial wall of stone once again hid—to the ledge.2008, Christopher Paolini, “Rider and Ra'zac”, in Brisingr, pages 67-8:
- Synonyms
- unsubstantial, airy, aery, ethereal, immaterial, insubstantial, tenuous, unreal
- Antonyms
- substantial
- Derived terms
- insubstantiality
- Hypernyms
- lacking