insubstantial
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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
Bold yet insubstantial, “Love Hurts” insecurely asks the score to do too much work, pounding away at a funky spy track before unconvincingly pivoting to something sincere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
The UN's cultural agency said that despite "significant growth in production", industries across the content were hindered by issues such as piracy, insubstantial training opportunities and a lack of official film institutions.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024
The ads that failed were ultimately insubstantial, or otherwise objectionable.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2024
Megan is not a mystery to be solved, she is not a figure who wanders into the tracking shot at the beginning of a film, beautiful, ethereal, insubstantial.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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