air-built

English

Adjective

air-built (not comparable)

Built upon air; lacking a solid foundation.
- 1823, The Classical Journal, volume 27, page 1:
  The city too, with all the glory she has derived from her misfortunes, has not been able to escape the suspicion of being nothing better than an air-built fabric, though the poet has assigned her a local habitation […]

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