- Newsday Crossword
- July 17 2022
- Insubstantial
Insubstantial
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| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | THIN | Insubstantial | Newsday |
| 20% | MEAGERLYEAGER | Hopeful but insubstantial? | LA Times |
| 20% | FLUFF | Insubstantial stuff | Newsday |
| 20% | URLS | Insubstantial bookmarks | Newsday |
Definition
| • | Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering. |
| • | Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air. |
| • | Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin. |
| • | Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness. |
| • | Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease. |
| • | Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full. |
| • | Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise. |
| • | Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin. |
| • | To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective). |
| • | To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear. |
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