insubstantial
Example Sentences
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But CBS is already full of people who think they know what they’re doing, who believe they represent hallowed tradition, the so-called Tiffany network, against which the Free Press must seem a tad insubstantial.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
It’s a majority white district, with not insubstantial Asian and Latino populations.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2024
He went on to call Cole's best verses insubstantial - "a light pack" - and claimed he was the Prince to Drake's Michael Jackson.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024
The ads that failed were ultimately insubstantial, or otherwise objectionable.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2024
To my oxygen-depleted mind, the clouds drifting up the grand valley of ice known as the Western Cwm looked innocuous, wispy, insubstantial.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing insubstantial
The Grapes of Wrath
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The Graveyard Book
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The Tempest
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