SUPERFICIAL
\sˈuːpəfˈɪʃə͡l], \sˈuːpəfˈɪʃəl], \s_ˈuː_p_ə_f_ˈɪ_ʃ_əl]\
Definitions of SUPERFICIAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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involving a surface only; "her beauty is only skin-deep"; "superficial bruising"; "a surface wound"
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being or affecting or concerned with a surface; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences"
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of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"
By Princeton University
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involving a surface only; "her beauty is only skin-deep"; "superficial bruising"; "a surface wound"
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of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage.
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Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge.
By Oddity Software
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Pertaining to, or being on, the surface; shallow; lacking depth of understanding; as, a superficial mind.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Pertaining to or being on the surface: shallow: slight: containing only what is apparent and simple: not learned.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.