stufflessadj.
Wanting in ‘stuff’ or substance.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective]
flittingc1374
aerya1398
bottomlessa1413
hollowa1529
flittering1549
wanzing1571
aerial1581
slight1585
flit1590
windy1593
filmy1594
tenuous1597
unsubstantial1597
yeasty1598
thingless1599
airy1600
spare1602
spongy1603
insubstantial1607
baselessa1616
thina1616
insolid1618
insubstantiate1621
tenuious1634
bubble1635
thin-spun1638
subventaneous1646
unsubstanceda1658
whipped1673
aericala1678
huffy1678
blatherya1693
naughty1696
substanceless1784
vapoury1818
aeriform1827
airified1837
blow-away1858
non-substantial1858
unbased1860
evasive1881
stuffless1896
fabricless1905
lighter-than-air1909
1896 H. Belloc Verses & Sonnets 23 The tiny stuffless voices of the dark.
1913 J. E. Flecker Samarkand 57 (Don Juan) That disastrous lie Which makes a god of stuffless Unity.
1932 W. De La Mare Early Novels of Wilkie Collins in J. Drinkwater Eighteen-Sixties 90 The best of them [sc. Collins' characters] are triumphantly in the round;..those in the background are somewhat stuffless in effect.
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