insubstantial

an insubstantial semblance

an insubstantial mirage on the horizon

imaginary and insubstantial victories;

"Lodge : Originally an insubstantial dwelling, or one erected for a temporary occupational purpose (e.g., woodcutting or masonry) or for use during the hunting season."

The insubstantial evidence was not enough to convict the suspect.

She felt an insubstantial connection to the city she had just moved to.

His argument was insubstantial and lacked supporting evidence.

The insubstantial meal left him feeling hungry an hour later.

The insubstantial breeze provided little relief from the heat.

Her insubstantial excuse for being late did not convince her boss.

The insubstantial foundation of the building made it vulnerable to earthquakes.

His insubstantial savings were quickly depleted when he lost his job.

The insubstantial plot of the movie failed to captivate the audience.

She had an insubstantial grasp of the subject matter and struggled in class.

If that seems surprisingly insubstantial, bear in mind that at the microscopic level things behave differently.

Her present life, her work, the friends she had, seemed insubstantial compared with all that had happened before.

It is very compelling but insubstantial evidence.

Her body seemed to wither and become more insubstantial each day.

Zeena herself, from an oppressive reality, had faded into an insubstantial shade.

So these are not insubstantial holdings, which, of course, tot it up would make the King one of the wealthiest people in the world.

He was oddly colourless, with transparent eyelashes, wispy hair and an insubstantial air, as though a single gust of wind might blow him away.

All those colorful smudges and loose brush work seemed insubstantial and ephemeral when you compared them to the rigorous forms of the cubists and futurists.

The billowing banks of fog thus created might look insubstantial, but there is water here to be captured-and in this, the driest place on Earth, capture it people do.

This was the thing that was important, the cycle of life, with birth and death merging one into the other in an imperceptible twilight and an insubstantial dawn.