How to Use unsubstantial in a Sentence

unsubstantial

adjective

• The role the Nuggets have played in that sudden buoyancy is not unsubstantial, but that steals only a small portion away from the Jazz’s success.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
• Fredenberger says that even the language in the agreement is unsubstantial and vague.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 May 2018
• The two are lying in lawn chairs joking about something unsubstantial.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 14 May 2021
• Southerners will find an excuse to monogram just about anything, even items as small or unsubstantial as napkins or house slippers.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2018
• Ask Peggy Noonan if this is frivolous and unsubstantial, please.
  — Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com, 27 Oct. 2020
• As a result, the benefits of meditation have, in many cases, been overblown thanks to headlines harping on awesome-sounding but unsubstantial studies.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 11 Sep. 2018
• Retailing for a not unsubstantial $820, the Ozzy slippers are crafted from paper thin unlined stretch nappa, which most likely feels like velvet but also highlights every detail of one’s toes.
  — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2022
• Uniqlo’s AIRism briefs were extraordinarily lightweight, but the barely-there style might feel too unsubstantial.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2018
• As unsubstantial as something like a sports championship might seem, people in Cleveland really did seem happier.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland.com, 31 Aug. 2017
• With shows like Yellowjackets capturing their capacity for brutality and Big Mouth emphasizing their, well, off-the-charts horniness, gone are the days when teenage girlhood stood for all things light, frothy, and unsubstantial.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2021
• Writing unsubstantial, provocative tweets while simultaneously overseeing the significant process of choosing a director for the F.B.I., there is a growing move to hold Trump to account.
  — Isobel Thompson, The Hive, 15 May 2017
• But if the lyrics are an indulgent sticky spoonful of cherry pie filling, the synthy dance pop underpinning is the aural equivalent of a rice cake: fluffy, unsubstantial and ultimately unsatisfying.
  — Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2017
• While Dee’s contribution is not unsubstantial, the structure, tone, character, percussion writing, harmony and counterpoint are pure Harrison.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2020
• Still, Republicans plowed ahead with unsubstantial allegations of collusion between government officials and the company’s old regime.
  — Cat Zakrzewski and Cristiano Lima, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2023
• Despite having dominated an inferior team, San Francisco held an unsubstantial lead, leaving the Niners vulnerable to another late collapse.
  — Michael Silver, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024