insubstantially

Examples

• All

• The idea was discussed insubstantially, leading to more confusion than clarity.

• Although they made insubstantially small contributions to the project, the team appreciated their efforts.

• His awareness of hypocrisy's opposite is so insubstantially theoretical that it becomes questionable if what we chiefly mean by hypocrisy should be attributed to him.

  Blog text (2)

• Suppose that constant presence to be a blank screen that will not perform as anything but forever records shifts in its own blankness, mimics absence by its resemblance to objects that are not always there or that insubstantially interpose themselves within a distance that is otherwise too small to matter.

  Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

I

insufficiently

vsinsubstantially

9 4.7

In a way that is not enough to meet a need or standard

points to lack of substance or weight rather than meeting a standard

I

inadequately

vsinsubstantially

8 4.4

In a way that is not good enough

highlights being insubstantial or of little importance rather than general insufficiency

L

lamely

vsinsubstantially

5 5.6

In a weak way that does not seem believable

highlights lack of real substance or importance rather than poor persuasion

T

tenuously

vsinsubstantially

1 8.5

In a weak way with little real support

emphasizes lack of importance or solidity rather than mere weakness

M

meagerly

vsinsubstantially

• US

1 6.8

In a small way that is not enough

focuses on lacking solidity or importance rather than quantity alone

I

insignificantly

vsinsubstantially

1 4.6

In a way that is not important and not easily noticed

stresses weak substance or solidity rather than mere unimportance

I

inconsequentially

vsinsubstantially

1 8.2

In a way that is not important and has no effect

focuses more on lacking solidity and strength than on impact alone

N

negligibly

vsinsubstantially

1 5.6

In a way that is so small it does not matter

stresses absence of strength or substance rather than mere smallness

F

flimsily

vsinsubstantially

4.8

In a weak way that makes things break or fail easily

stresses lacking importance or substance rather than physical fragility

I

immaterially

vsinsubstantially

8.0

Not important and not likely to change the result

emphasizes weak physical or moral substance rather than irrelevance

U

unimportantly

vsinsubstantially

4.9

In a way that does not matter much

highlights little strength or solidity rather than only low importance

N

nonsignificantly

vsinsubstantially

• Specialized

7.8

In a way that shows no real or meaningful difference

focuses on weak substance or importance rather than statistical context

Antonyms

S

substantially

14 4.6

In a strong, solid way

How Substantial

solidly

12 3.2

substantially

129 4.9

moderately

47 2.8

insubstantially

8.1

slightly

885 1.0

negligibly

1 5.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology