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superficial
adjective as in without depth, detail
Strongest matches
cursory, frivolous, one-dimensional, perfunctory, silly, sketchy, slight, trivial
Weak matches
apparent, casual, cosmetic, depthless, desultory, empty, evident, exterior, external, flash, flimsy, general, glib, half-baked, hasty, hurried, ignorant, inattentive, lightweight, nodding, on the surface, ostensible, outward, partial, passing, peripheral, quick-fix, seeming, shallow, shoal, skin-deep, slapdash, smattery, summary, surface, tip of the iceberg, uncritical, warped
Example Sentences
However, this message about superficial prejudice has not fully penetrated to people online who continue to pick apart Grande's appearance.
She continued, "It just reinforces that sort of superficial, body-focused idea that we know is so painful and harmful for every single one of us because we are so much more than this vessel that carries us."
The biomarkers measured in this test have been developed over a long period and have shown strong performance -- initially in cerebrospinal fluid, then in venous blood samples, and now in blood from superficial vessels in the finger.
On a superficial level, you could also call it an evening of contemporary music.
On Saturday, Israel rejected warnings of famine in northern Gaza from global food security experts, saying the group relied on "partial, biased data and superficial sources with vested interests".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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