unsubstantial
adjective
not substantial; having no foundation in fact; fanciful; insubstantial.
unsubstantiality
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a word derived from
unsubstantial.
Example Sentences
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As a young Christian Scientist, I spent an inordinate amount of time fussing over the nature of consciousness and the unsubstantiality of matter.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2022
The chill of Mrs. Fairfax’s warnings, and the damp of her doubts were upon me: something of unsubstantiality and uncertainty had beset my hopes.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Still there remained an ineradicable unsubstantiality in Dante's point of view, when tested by the common facts of feeling.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
Sometimes it seemed to lift and dissolve into unsubstantiality, only to come back more baleful than before.
From A Waif of the Mountains by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Reality is reduced to the unsubstantiality of a dream, and dreams are the only reality.
From The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by Daniel J. MacDonald
