Words similar to insubstantial

Example sentences for: insubstantial

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An exception might be poor families, where bequests are insubstantial.
An article explains why Clinton's much-ballyhooed race initiative is so insubstantial: The poll-driven president was too scared of voter backlash to risk endorsing affirmative action or criticizing police racism.
"His characters are only insubstantial shadows on a screen and Timeline is not a novel, but a shooting script" (Richard Dyer, the Boston Globe ). (Crichton's official site includes an excerpt from the book.)
Even for a Grisham novel, The Street Lawyer is said to be insubstantial, with "an unlikable hero, a slapdash plot and some truly awful prose" (Michiko Kakutani, the New York Times ). Grisham's social commentary is called both worthy and heavy-handed: His "depictions of the poor read like something turned in by a cub reporter" (Deirdre Donahue, USA Today ). The book is expected to sell out its 2.8-million-copy first run.
Applesauce (an American variant is apple sass ), which has come to designate a `camouflage of flattery,' is excessively sweet, mushy, pulpy and insubstantial, and thrifty boarding houses serve an abundance of the stuff to divert awareness from the scarcity of more nourishing fare.