superficial
/ˌsupɚˈfɪʃəl/ adjective C1- Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
- Close to the surface of the body; especially, situated or occurring on the skin or immediately beneath it. · superficial muscles· The epidermis is superficial to the subcutis.
- Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely.
- Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent.
- Lacking depth of character or understanding; lacking substance or significance.
From the library
“But very superficial,” said Holmes.
Of late I have been tempted to look into the problems furnished by nature rather than those more superficial ones for which our artificial state of society is responsible.
That trick of his of breaking in on his friends’ thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an hour’s silence is really very showy and superficial.
Perhaps I have rather invited this persecution, since I have often had occasion to point out to him how superficial are his own accounts and to accuse him of pandering to popular taste instead of confining himself rigidly to facts and figures.
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