adj.

1. Lacking substance or reality. See synonyms at immaterial.
2. 1. Not firm or solid; flimsy.
   2. Delicate; fine.
3. Negligible in size or amount.

insubstantiality in'sub·stan'ti·al'i·ty (-shē-ăl'ĭ-tē) n.

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.

adj

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

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: lacking material form or substance; unreal
  Synonyms: unsubstantial, unreal
  Antonym: substantial (meaning #3)

Meaning #2: lacking in nutritive value
  Synonym: jejune

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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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