hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
| casual |
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| cursory |
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| passing |
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| perfunctory |
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| superficial |
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sample sentences
"a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws""a passing glance"
"perfunctory courtesy"
"In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory"
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