Insubstantial
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in The Sun Cryptic.
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Publications
- The Sun Cryptic - Saturday, 3 Jul 2021
- The Guardian Quick - Thursday, 25 Mar 2021
- USA Today - Sunday, 21 Mar 2021
- The Guardian Quick - Friday, 28 Feb 2020
- The Guardian Quick - Monday, 4 Mar 2019
Crossword Answers
4 letters
AIRY
Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms"
THIN
Take off weight
6 letters
CLUMSY
FLIMSY
MEAGRE
Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
SLIGHT
A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
POROUS
Able to absorb fluids; "the partly porous walls of our digestive system"; "compacting the soil to make it less porous"
SCANTY
Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
MEAGER
Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
FROTHY
Marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"
MEASLY
Contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
FLIMSY
Not convincing; "unconvincing argument"; "as unconvincing as a forced smile"
JEJUNE
Lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"
UNREAL
Contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
7 letters
TENUOUS
Lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
WISPISH
TRIVIAL
(informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
8 letters
ETHEREAL
Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
10 letters
INTANGIBLE
Assets that are saleable though not material or physical
11 letters
LIGHTWEIGHT
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds
13 letters
UNSUBSTANTIAL
Lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"