unsubstantial

Example Sentences

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Human rights groups have long complained of the dire conditions Makala inmates face, including overcrowding, unsubstantial food and poor access to clean water.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2024

How does she coax so much production out of a 5-foot-11 frame so unsubstantial that her high school coach nicknamed her “Olive Oyl” after the gangly Popeye character?

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2021

“It’s a pretty unsubstantial machine, compared to where typewriters got to.”

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2018

The theatrical evolutions since 1982 make “Cats” seem quaint and unsubstantial.

From Washington Times • Jul. 31, 2016

It was turning colder and the air was heavy with the threat of rain, but the kind of rain that on cool mornings is bled out of the unsubstantial flesh of the fog.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy