superficial
IPA: supɝfˈɪʃʌɫ
noun
- (usually in the plural) A surface detail.
adjective
- (relational) Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
- (anatomy, relational, often with to) Closer to the surface of the body; especially, situated or occurring on the skin or immediately beneath it.
- 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.
- (rare) Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
- (Britain, architecture) Denoting a quantity of a material expressed in terms of area covered rather than linear dimension or volume.
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Examples of "superficial" in Sentences
- The rumor was fake and superficial.
- The rest is superficial and transient.
- It's the city of dreams and superficiality.
- Superficiality is no substitute for substance.
- At the bottom are superficial parts of the dermis.
- Digressive means it is of superficial relevance if any.
- A natural outcome of such superficiality might be argument.
- Of the posterior muscles three are in the superficial layer.
- At the moment, it is a fairly superficial middlebrow article.
- It carries a connotation of immaturity, transience, and superficiality.