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American Heritage Dictionary:

in·sub·stan·tial

(ĭn'səb-stăn'shəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Lacking substance or reality. See synonyms at immaterial.
    1. Not firm or solid; flimsy.
    2. Delicate; fine.
  2. Negligible in size or amount.
insubstantiality in'sub·stan'ti·al'i·ty (-shē-ăl'ĭ-tē) n.

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Fowler's Modern English Usage:

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has ousted unsubstantial for the word meaning 'lacking substance or solidity'.

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Roget's Thesaurus:

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adjective

  1. Having no body, form, or substance: bodiless, discarnate, disembodied, immaterial, incorporeal, metaphysical, nonphysical, spiritual, unbodied, uncorporal, unsubstantial. See body/spirit.
  2. Having little substance or significance; not solidly based: feeble, flimsy, tenuous, unsubstantial. See strong/weak.
  3. Not physically strong: decrepit, delicate, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, infirm, puny, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, weakly. See strong/weak.

Antonyms by Answers.com:

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adj

Definition: weak, imaginary
Antonyms: real, sound, strong, sturdy, substantial

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Translations:

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uvirkelig, illusorisk, luftig, svag, tynd

Nederlands (Dutch)
onwezenlijk, verwaarloosbaar, onecht, onlichamelijk

Français (French)
adj. - sans substance, insaisissable, insuffisant, peu nourrissant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - nicht stofflich, gegenstandslos, geringfügig, unwirklich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μη θρεπτικός, άυλος, στερούμενος υλικής υποστάσεως, ανυπόστατος, επουσιώδης, ασύστατος

Italiano (Italian)
incorporeo, inconsistente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - insubstancial

Русский (Russian)
хрупкий, нереальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - insustancial

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - overklig, okroppslig, grundlös, dåligt underbyggd, omotiverad, ohållbar

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
脆弱的, 非实质的, 无实体的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 脆弱的, 非實質的, 無實體的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 약한, 실체가 없는, 박약한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 実体のない, 架空の, 非現実的な, もろい, 不十分な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خيالي, وهمي, ضعيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר בסיס, חלש, חסר תוכן, לא ממשי, חסר-מוצקות‬


 
 
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