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passing
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”
adjective
of advancing the ball by throwing it
“a team with a good passing attack”
adjective
lasting a very short time
“the ephemeral joys of childhood”
adjective
allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
“a passing grade”
adverb
to an extraordinary degree
“she was a surpassingly beautiful woman”
noun
success in satisfying a test or requirement
“his future depended on his passing that test”
noun
going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
“she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me”
noun
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
“the coach sent in a passing play on third and long”
noun
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
“the passage of air from the lungs”
noun
the end of something
“the passing of winter”
noun
the motion of one object relative to another
“stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets”
noun
euphemistic expressions for death
“thousands mourned his passing”
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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
a team with a good passing attack
a pass play
the ephemeral joys of childhood
a passing fancy
youth's transient beauty
love is transitory but it is eternal
fugacious blossoms
a passing grade
she was a surpassingly beautiful woman
{'source': 'Walker Percy', 'text': 'I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because … this one is surely something new and passing strange'}
his future depended on his passing that test
he got a pass in introductory chemistry
she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me
the coach sent in a passing play on third and long
the passage of air from the lungs
the passing of flatus
the passing of winter
stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets
thousands mourned his passing
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