diaphanousness

noun

Definition of diaphanousnessnext
as in insubstantiality

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  1. fragility
  2. flimsiness
  3. daintiness
  4. fineness
Noun
  • Chemistry inside battery Solid-state batteries are widely considered the future of safe, high-capacity energy storage, yet the development is limited by the chemical fragility of their most promising components.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
  • Mendieta is best known for work that interweaves sadness with violence, drawing on her experiences of exile and her feminist politics to negotiate the transient fragility of life.
    — Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of fragility
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  • The legal flimsiness of the indictment indicates just how far Blanche’s DOJ is willing to go to please the president.
    — Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
  • The Federal Police deployed a massive show of force — including armored vehicles and heavy weaponry — to apprehend a small group, creating a media spectacle that starkly contrasted with the flimsiness of the legal case.
    — Evandro Cruz Silva, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of flimsiness
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  • With a daintiness at odds with its 120 kilos, the bear extricates its wrist from the tie and calmly takes its leave.
    — Ganesh Marín, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
Definition of daintiness
Noun
  • My matzo balls took twice as long to cook according to her fineness in the video.
    — Molly Baz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The term plant texture refers to the fineness or coarseness, roughness or smoothness, heaviness or lightness of a particular plant.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 15 Feb. 2026
Definition of fineness
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“Diaphanousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diaphanousness. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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