insubstantial
adjective
[ ɪnsəbˈstanʃ(ə)l ]
• lacking strength and solidity.
• "the huts are relatively few and insubstantial"
Similar:
flimsy,
slight,
light,
fragile,
breakable,
weak,
frail,
shaky,
unstable,
wobbly,
tottery,
rickety,
ramshackle,
makeshift,
jerry-built,
badly built,
thrown together,
cheap,
shoddy,
gimcrack,
feeble,
poor,
inadequate,
insufficient,
thin,
tenuous,
insignificant,
inconsequential,
unsubstantial,
unconvincing,
implausible,
unsatisfactory,
paltry,
trifling,
trivial,
shallow,
Origin:
early 17th century: from late Latin insubstantialis, from in- ‘not’ + substantialis (see substantial).
