Associations to the word «Insubstantial»

Wiktionary

INSUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Lacking substance; not real or strong.

Dictionary definition

INSUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon".
INSUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope