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nugatory(adjective, unimportant, useless, trivial, minor)
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obscure(adjective, unreasonable, vague, dubious, unlikely)
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ostensible(imaginary, illusory, dreamlike)
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papery(weak, slight, thin, feeble, tacky)
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potential
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preposterous(adjective, extraordinary, amazing, irrational, implausible)
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psychic(heavenly, incorporeal, nonmaterial)
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rocky(adjective, uncertain, feeble, shaky, hesitant)
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rotten(adjective, bad, false, uncertain, feeble)
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seeming(imaginary, illusory, dreamlike)
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sheer(adjective, light, weak, slight, easy)
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specious(bad, false, ill, insane, irrational)
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strange(adjective, extraordinary, fantasy, unreal, unbelievable)
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subtile(adjective, fine, thin, delicate, slim)
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subtle(adjective, fine, thin, delicate, slim)
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superficial(adjective, weak, soft, gentle, thin)
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supposititious(fantastic, imaginary, unreal, theoretical, fictitious)
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surreal(adjective, strange, fantasy, unreal)
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tacky(weak, slight, thin, feeble, fragile)
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uncertain(adjective, feeble, doubtful, hesitant, sluggish)
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