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superficiality
Variant of superficial
adjective
- of or being on the surface: a superficial burn
- of or limited to surface area; plane: superficial measurements
- concerned with and understanding only the easily apparent and obvious; not profound; shallow
- quick and cursory: a superficial reading
- seeming such only at first glance; merely apparent: a superficial resemblance
Related Forms:
- superficiality noun pl. superficialities
- superficially adverb
- superficialness noun
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