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- adjective Not
substantive .
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Examples
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The DoJ got 30,000 responses, (7,500 in favor, 15,000 opposed, 7,500 "nonsubstantive" opinion pieces and a bunch of spam and form letters).
Boing Boing: February 3, 2002 - February 9, 2002 Archives 2002
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As Hustler holds, even “repugnant” “vehement” and “caustic” insults of public figures, Id. at 50–51 — in that case, a scurrilous, deeply insulting, and nonsubstantive attack — are constitutionally protected.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro Bono Free Speech Case Headed to the Nebraska Supreme Court: 2009
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Branch sent proofs of the book to Clinton and invited him to suggest nonsubstantive revisions.
The Confessions of Bill Bromwich, David 2009
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Is it because the argument that Obama is shallow and nonsubstantive doesn't really fly when his record and his proposals are examined?
Dem Pollster Gives Obama Double-Digit Lead In Wisconsin Primary 2009
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You have properly posted numerous items demonstrating your exasperation at trivial, nonsubstantive attacks on Edwards and his haircut.
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"But what we watch is a medium which presents information in a form that renders it simplistic, nonsubstantive, nonhistorical and noncontextual," writes Postman.
John W. Whitehead: Gods Made in Our Image: Politicians As Entertainers 2008
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"It was a typical nonsensical, nonsubstantive briefing, like he always gives."
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ES&S today still defended the software, saying, those are stylistic and nonsubstantive differences from the federal standards.
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"A person who is uncivil and nonsubstantive one day may have something very important to say the next."
Mr. Know-It-All: Bannable Blog Behavior, Scam Bait, MySpace Geezers Brendan I. Koerner 2007
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Why would you imagine–or, more to the point, expect anyone else to imagine–that quoting from anonymous and nonsubstantive emails would add any substance to your own lack of response?
The Karl Rove of Information Theory? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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