superficial
Example Sentences
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On a superficial level, his plays, built around the emotional lives of his characters, can come off as a throwback to traditional realism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
We live in a world in which none of us are capable of more than the most superficial grasp of the human experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Speaking on Monday, a spokesman for the IG Metall called Blume's memo "superficial" and said employees were still left in the dark.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The fire at Jatiwaringin landfill, Wahyu added, should serve as a stark warning to the central government that this crisis cannot be resolved with emergency responses or superficial solutions.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Any words would serve, the more irrelevant and superficial the better, any words which would stop him; I didn’t want to see this.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
Vocabulary lists containing superficial
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