The phrase "absence of substance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation, argument, or concept that lacks meaningful content or value.
Example: "The presentation was filled with an absence of substance, leaving the audience confused and unsatisfied."
Alternatives: "lack of content" or "void of meaning".
The prevailing gentility of "Baby Driver" depends on its absence of substance.
As they have in the past, people almost everywhere complained about negative advertisements and the absence of substance in the political debate.
In the absence of substance, Mr Xi's talk of a dream is creating space for a lively debate over where China should be heading.
Capsaicin, a sympathomimetic agent, may be implicated in the initiation of coronary vasospasm and acute myocardial infarction in the absence of substance abuse, particularly in previously healthy teenagers and young adults.
First, she had clear response predictors (i.e., euphoric mood, absence of substance abuse, non-rapid cycling) with evidence of drug discontinuation three times with depressive episode recurrence, and, more notably, re-responsive illness with lithium reintroduction.
9th state: "The mind of one who realizes the absence of substance within ultimate truth" (goku mujishô-shin): The state of Hua-yen with its standpoint of the mutual non-obstruction and interpenetration between the patternment (Chn: li; Jpn: ri) of all and the concrete thing-events (Chn: shih; Jpn: ji) on the basis of their emptiness, whereby one and many are non-dualistic.
Volker Liebig, a chemist for Orga Lab, who analyzes honey samples twice a year for the Düsseldorf and six other German airports, said results showed the absence of substances that the lab tested for, like certain hydrocarbons and heavy metals, and the honey "was comparable to honey produced in areas without any industrial activity".
An artificial template (mimic) was engineered to provide in-tube validation of negative samples by demonstrating the absence of substances inhibitory to RT or PCR.
When added to the samples, successful amplification of this mimic demonstrated the absence of substances inhibitory to PCR, thereby validating negative results.
Finally, substance use characteristics (presence versus absence of any substance abuse or dependence) were assessed using an adaptation of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview [ 42], the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test [ 43], and the Problem and Pathological Gambling Measure [ 41] developed by the authors of the Quinte Longitudinal Study.
(Qualitative tests are used to determine the presence or absence of a substance, whereas quantitative tests are used to measure the amount of a constituent).
