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ephemeral
Lasting for a markedly brief time:
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  1. Lasting for a markedly brief time:
  2. Lasting only one day
  3. Having a short lifespan or a short annual period of aboveground growth. Used especially of plants.
illusory
Producing, based on, or having the nature of, illusion; deceptive; unreal
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  1. Producing, based on, or having the nature of, illusion; deceptive; unreal
  2. Produced by, based on, or having the nature of an illusion; deceptive:
  3. Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal
intangible
Incapable of being perceived by the senses.
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  1. Incapable of being perceived by the senses.
  2. Incapable of being realized or defined.
  3. Designating or of any of certain business assets, esp. goodwill, that have no material being but have monetary value
petty
Narrow-minded or ungenerous, especially in trifling matters:
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  1. Narrow-minded or ungenerous, especially in trifling matters:
  2. Of small importance; trivial:
  3. Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
slight
Small in size, degree, or amount:
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  1. Small in size, degree, or amount:
  2. Lacking strength, substance, or solidity; frail:
  3. Small, weak, or gentle; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe.
frail
Easily led astray; morally weak.
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  1. Easily led astray; morally weak.
  2. Easily broken, shattered, damaged, or destroyed; fragile; delicate
  3. Not strong or substantial; slight:
tenuous
Precarious or insecure:
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  1. Precarious or insecure:
  2. Weak or insubstantial; flimsy:
  3. Not substantial; slight; flimsy
bodiless
Without a body; having no material substance; incorporeal
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  1. Without a body; having no material substance; incorporeal
discarnate
Having no material body or form:
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  1. Having no material body or form:
immaterial
Of no importance or relevance; inconsequential or irrelevant.
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  1. Of no importance or relevance; inconsequential or irrelevant.
  2. Having no material body or form.
  3. Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual
incorporeal
(Law) Without physical existence in itself but belonging as a right to a material thing or property
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  1. (Law) Without physical existence in itself but belonging as a right to a material thing or property
  2. Not consisting of matter; without material body or substance
  3. Having no material form or physical substance.
metaphysical
Of or relating to the poetry of a group of 17th-century English poets whose verse is characterized by an intellectually challenging style and extended metaphors comparing very dissimilar things.
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  1. Of or relating to the poetry of a group of 17th-century English poets whose verse is characterized by an intellectually challenging style and extended metaphors comparing very dissimilar things.
  2. Beyond the physical or material; incorporeal, supernatural, or transcendental
  3. Of, connected with, or having the nature of, metaphysics
nonphysical
Not physical; not using kinetic energy
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  1. Not physical; not using kinetic energy
  2. Not having physical form; insubstantial
spiritual
Of or belonging to a religion; sacred:
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  1. Of or belonging to a religion; sacred:
  2. Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not material; supernatural:
  3. Of, concerned with, or affecting the soul:
unbodied
Being disembodied.
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  1. Being disembodied.
  2. Having no body or form; incorporeal, disembodied, formless, etc.
unsubstantial
(Archaic) Alternative form of insubstantial.
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  1. (Archaic) Alternative form of insubstantial.
  2. Lacking material substance; insubstantial.
  3. Lacking basis in fact.
feeble
Weak; not strong
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  1. Weak; not strong
  2. Lacking bodily strength; weak:
  3. Having little intensity or strength; faint:
flimsy
Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.
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  1. Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.
  2. Thin and easily broken or damaged; poorly made and fragile; frail
  3. Lacking plausibility; unconvincing:
tenuous
Not substantial; slight; flimsy
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  1. Not substantial; slight; flimsy
  2. Precarious or insecure:
  3. Weak or insubstantial; flimsy:
unsubstantial
(Archaic) Alternative form of insubstantial.
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  1. (Archaic) Alternative form of insubstantial.
  2. Lacking material substance; insubstantial.
  3. Lacking basis in fact.
decrepit
Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use.
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  1. Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use.
delicate
Requiring careful or tactful treatment:
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  1. Requiring careful or tactful treatment:
  2. Easily broken or damaged:
  3. Marked by sensitivity of discrimination:
feeble
Easily broken; frail
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  1. Easily broken; frail
  2. Having little intensity or strength; faint:
  3. Weak; not strong
flimsy
Light, thin, and insubstantial:
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  1. Light, thin, and insubstantial:
  2. Thin and easily broken or damaged; poorly made and fragile; frail
  3. Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.
fragile
Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy:
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  1. Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy:
  2. Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate:
  3. Physically weak; frail; delicate
frail
Easily led astray; morally weak.
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  1. Easily led astray; morally weak.
  2. Easily broken, shattered, damaged, or destroyed; fragile; delicate
  3. Slender and delicate; not robust; weak
infirm
Weak in body or mind, especially from old age or disease.
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  1. Weak in body or mind, especially from old age or disease.
  2. Not strong or stable; shaky:
  3. Not stable, firm, or sound; frail; shaky, as a structure
puny
(Chiefly Southern US) Sickly; ill.
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  1. (Chiefly Southern US) Sickly; ill.
  2. Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak:
unsound
Not true or logically valid; fallacious:
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  1. Not true or logically valid; fallacious:
  2. Not safe, firm, or solid; insecure
  3. Not dependably strong or solid.
unsubstantial
(Archaic) Alternative form of insubstantial.
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  1. (Archaic) Alternative form of insubstantial.
  2. Lacking material substance; insubstantial.
  3. Not solid or heavy; flimsy; light
weak
Lacking vitality; feeble; infirm
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  1. Lacking vitality; feeble; infirm
  2. Lacking aptitude or skill:
  3. Lacking persuasiveness; unconvincing:
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  • When choosing a width, always bear in mind the finger of the wearer: a very thick ring will look clunky and awkward on slender fingers, and a thin ring will appear lost and insubstantial on thicker fingers.

  • We could see light, but otherwise, why was it so insubstantial?

  • insubstantial part of the Act.

  • However, this characterisation proves to be too insubstantial for the promises of the minimal theory to be properly satisfied.

  • The lower Bb key pillar was sitting on a not insubstantial bed of solder, for example.

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