substanceless
1
7.5
- adjective
- /səbˈstænsləs/
:
sin sustancia
- I hope you all take your false outrage, bruised vanity, substanceless whining, false piety, and medieval ignorance and seriously grow the fuck up.
Examples
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This may sound like some clichéd, substanceless claim, but I mean something very concrete by it.
Blog text (8) -
Substanceless ad hominem, again.
Blog text (27) -
As the substanceless promise of impending disembodiment, shadows and reflections were often fatal.
Academic text (1995) -
It is substanceless form; it is utter godlessness; it is sentimental garbage; it is abstract nonsense.
Blog text (30) -
Rather, my shawl now seemed a phosphorescent shimmer of the air, a substanceless mockery of solidity or warmth.
Fiction book (2002) -
Even the whacked-out, wingnut propagandists at Powerline, who once led the disingenuous, substanceless, predictable, and embarrassing "Franken is stealing the election!
Blog text (22) -
I'd say this is why the patriotic stuff plays so badly overseas—sure, sometimes it can descend into meaningless sloganeering, but it's being misunderstood as substanceless when in fact it actually means something.
Blog text (13) -
The politician's speech was filled with substanceless promises that offered no real solutions.
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Her arguments were substanceless, lacking any evidence to support her claims.
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Despite its beautiful presentation, the report was ultimately substanceless, failing to address the main issues.
Synonyms
298
3.0
Has no value or use
226
5.1
Having no meaning, value, or purpose
19
7.2
Not important or relevant to a situation
5
3.6
Not worth anything or useful
5
8.1
Having no real meaning or importance
1
7.0
Not having useful information or any real meaning
Not useful or important
Not important or worth worrying about
Ideas or statements that are mostly nonsense and have little worth
Antonyms
How Substantial
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word substanceless comes from substance, meaning 'stuff' or 'something real', plus the ending -less, meaning 'without'. So substanceless means 'without substance', which is why we use it for things that seem empty or unimportant.