"insubstantial" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more insubstantial [comparative], most insubstantial [superlative]
Etymology: Probably from Middle French insubstantiel, from Latin insubstantiālis, from in- + substantiālis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|insubstantiel}} Middle French insubstantiel, {{der|en|la|insubstantiālis}} Latin insubstantiālis Head templates: {{en-adj}} insubstantial (comparative more insubstantial, superlative most insubstantial)
  1. Lacking substance; not real or strong. Synonyms: unsubstantial [archaic], airy, ethereal, immaterial, insubstantial, tenuous, unreal Hyponyms: dreamy, empty, gaseous, gossamer, hollow, imaginary, illusory, shadowy, spectral Translations (Translations): нематериален (nematerialen) (Bulgarian), нереален (nerealen) (Bulgarian), insubstancial (Catalan), insubstancial (Galician), 実のない (minonai) (alt: みのない) (Japanese), korekiko (Maori), kikokore (Maori), insubstancial (Portuguese), nesubstanțial (Romanian), hueco (Spanish), insustancial (Spanish), vacío (Spanish)
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      "word": "insustancial"
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