Another word for superficial
superficial
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flimsy, cursory, perfunctory, hasty, desultory, shallow, summary, short-sighted, purblind, ignorant, narrow-minded, prejudiced, warped, partial, surface, cosmetic, skin-deep, untrustworthy, outward, external, exterior, unenlightened.
superficial implies concern with the obvious or surface aspects of a thing superficial characteristics and, in a derogatory sense, lack of thoroughness, profoundness, significance, etc. superficial judgments; shallow, in this connection always derogatory, implies a lack of depth, as of character, intellect, or meaning shallow writing; cursory, which may or may not be derogatory, suggests a brief or hasty consideration of something without pausing to note details a cursory inspection
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Another word for superficial
Lacking in intellectual depth or thoroughness:
cursory, one-dimensional, shallow, sketchy, skin-deep, uncritical. See surfaceAppearing as such but not necessarily so:
apparent, external, ostensible, ostensive, outward, seeming. See surface
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