Insubstantial vs Stinted - What's the difference?
insubstantial | stinted | Related terms |
Lacking substance; not real or strong.
(dated) Constrained; restrained; confined.
* c.1846-1848 , , Chapter 14: Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned, and goes Home for the Holidays,
* 1853 , Currer Bell ( , Chapter XXVI: A Burial,
* 1890 , , Chapter XIII: The Color Line in New York,
(stint)
Insubstantial is a related term of stinted.
As adjectives the difference between insubstantial and stinted
is that insubstantial is lacking substance; not real or strong while stinted is (dated) constrained; restrained; confined.As a verb stinted is
(stint).insubstantial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The bridge was insubstantial and would not safely carry a car.
Synonyms
* unsubstantial (archaic)Antonyms
* substantialstinted
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Neither Mr Toots nor Mr Feeder could partake of this or any other snuff, even in the most stinted and moderate degree, without being seized with convulsions of sneezing.
- Mr. Home himself offered me a handsome sum—thrice my present salary—if I would accept the office of companion to his daughter. I declined. I think I should have declined had I been poorer than I was, and with scantier fund of resource, more stinted narrowness of future prospect.
- Nevertheless, he has always had to pay higher rents than even these for the poorest and most stinted rooms.