Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsubstant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-sub-stant
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Pursuing ever with insatiate thirst / And aspiration, some unsubstant aim."
"What was precise was now enormous, unsubstant, diaphanous, for he had seen her."

Etymology

From un- + substant.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more unsubstant (comparative) most unsubstant (superlative)

Questions

What does unsubstant mean?: insubstantial
Where does unsubstant come from?: From un- + substant.

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