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
Salads don’t have to feel flimsy or unsubstantial.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
“Those conversations were unsubstantial in their academic content and clarity.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2023
“Olivia Newton-John is often accused of having a very unsubstantial voice and only one asset — beauty,” Dennis Hunt wrote in a 1976 Los Angeles Times review of her show at the Greek Theatre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
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
