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cursory
adjective
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
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adjective
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
“a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws”
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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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