unsubstantiveとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

unsubstantive (comparative more unsubstantive, superlative most unsubstantive)

1. (grammar) Not having the form of a noun.
2. Not having any material substance.
   • 2006, Walter Reinhart Tschinkel, The Fire Ants, page 103:

     Nests are formed by the removal of soil to create an unsubstantive space.

3. (by extension) Not having any factual substance.
   • 2009 January 16, Nicholas Watt, Patrick Wintour, “To deliver a low-carbon economy you have got to have a vision”, in The Guardian:

     Labour dismisses Cameron's interest in the environment as a cynical and unsubstantive part of his attempt to decontaminate the Tory brand.