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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
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".
It’s no different than Trump calling his former ally Chris Christie “fat”: It’s an easy, superficial attack that many critics would say applies to him too.
The group says programmes in the centre are superficial and focused on "shame" - failing to tackle the root causes of drug dependence.
On a more superficial level but still revealing, when I was young in the 1970s, I only knew a handful of men who had ever worn an earring.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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