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🌫️ Lacking substance ⚙️ Without a center
coreless

coreless

1 7.1
Having little real meaning or strength
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɔrˌləs/
: superficial
  • Many felt the reforms were coreless and did not address the real issues.

Examples

  • His speech sounded impressive but was ultimately coreless and lacked conviction.

  • The novel was criticized for its coreless plot and shallow characters.

  • The coreless fruit was not very tasty.

  • Many people find coreless arguments unconvincing.

  • The movie was entertaining but ultimately felt coreless, lacking depth and substance.

  • His arguments seemed coreless, relying on superficial trends rather than solid evidence.

  • The book provided coreless details that failed to engage the reader or convey a meaningful message.

Synonyms

soulless
vscoreless
33 6.3

Cold and showing no warm or deep feeling

focuses on lacking essential substance or moral center rather than emotional warmth

Antonyms

meaningful
309 3.3

Something that has a clear purpose or that is important

substantial
22 5.0

About the main, basic part of something

How Substantial

profound
96 6.3
substantial
22 5.0
coreless
1 7.1
superficial
87 5.6
trivial
110 3.9

Surface Forms

coreless positive

Morphology

coreless = core (semi-transparent) = core + less

Formally 'core' + '-less' but the sense 'lacking essential substance or moral center' is a figurative extension that may not be fully predictable to all learners.

Etymology

Coreless combines core meaning 'center' or 'heart' and the ending -less meaning 'without'. So it can mean lacking real strength or a moral 'heart', like a novel or speech that sounds impressive but has no real substance.