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All insubstantiality synonyms

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noun insubstantiality

  • infirmity — a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age.
  • vulnerability — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
  • ailment — An ailment is an illness, especially one that is not very serious.
  • fragility — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
  • defect — A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
  • deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
  • shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
  • affliction — An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
  • decay — When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
  • imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
  • unsound — not sound; unhealthy, diseased, or disordered, as the body or mind.
  • flimsy — without material strength or solidity: a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure.
  • malady — any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
  • feebleness — physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
  • frail — having delicate health; not robust; weak: My grandfather is rather frail now.
  • weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
  • delicacy — Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
  • decrepitude — Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
  • malaise — a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
  • frailty — the quality or state of being frail.
  • puny — of less than normal size and strength; weak.
  • debility — Debility is a weakness of a person's body or mind, especially one caused by an illness.
  • debilitation — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
  • fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
  • failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
  • disease — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
  • indisposition — state of being indisposed.
  • confinement — Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
  • disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
  • unhealthily — not in a state of good or normal health; in an unsound, weak, or morbid condition.
  • flu — influenza.
  • unwell — not well; ailing; ill.
  • ailing — An ailing organization or society is in difficulty and is becoming weaker.
  • delicateness — fine in texture, quality, construction, etc.: a delicate lace collar.
  • fragileness — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
  • unsubstantial — not substantial; having no foundation in fact; fanciful; insubstantial: an unsubstantial argument; unsubstantial hopes.
  • weakly — weak or feeble in constitution; not robust; sickly.
  • disease — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
  • thinness — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
  • sickliness — not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
  • flimsiness — The quality of being flimsy.
  • lightness — the state or quality of being light or illuminated.
  • frailness — The state of being frail; frailty; weakness.
  • diseasedness — The state of being diseased; sickness.
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