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Superficial

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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Apparent 84% connected

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

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Apparent 84% connected

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

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Careless 84% connected

Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.

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Careless 84% connected

Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.

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Dilettante 84% connected

An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amuseme…

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Dilettante 84% connected

An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amuseme…

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Dilettanteish 84% connected

Somewhat like a dilettante.

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Dilettanteish 84% connected

Somewhat like a dilettante.

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Dilettantish 84% connected

Dilettanteish.

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Dilettantish 84% connected

Dilettanteish.

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Facile 84% connected

Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.

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Facile 84% connected

Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.

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Glib 84% connected

Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib.

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Glib 84% connected

Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib.

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Insignificant 84% connected

Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.

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Insignificant 84% connected

Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.

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Looking 84% connected

of Look

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Looking 84% connected

of Look

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Neat 84% connected

Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot.

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Neat 84% connected

Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot.

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Ostensible 84% connected

Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.

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Ostensible 84% connected

Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.

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Sciolistic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to sciolism, or a sciolist; partaking of sciolism; resembling a sciolist.

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Sciolistic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to sciolism, or a sciolist; partaking of sciolism; resembling a sciolist.

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Seeming 84% connected

of Seem

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Seeming 84% connected

of Seem

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Shallow 84% connected

Not deep; having little depth; shoal.

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Shallow 84% connected

Not deep; having little depth; shoal.

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Skin-deep 84% connected

Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.

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Skin-deep 84% connected

Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.

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Slick 84% connected

See Schlich.

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Slick 84% connected

See Schlich.

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Sounding 84% connected

of Sound

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Sounding 84% connected

of Sound

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Derivationally related 6

Shallowness 74% connected

Quality or state of being shallow.

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Shallowness 74% connected

Quality or state of being shallow.

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Superficiality 74% connected

The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial.

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Superficiality 74% connected

The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial.

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Superficies 74% connected

The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.

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Superficies 74% connected

The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.

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See also 6

Careless 66% connected

Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.

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Careless 66% connected

Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.

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Frivolous 66% connected

Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument.

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Frivolous 66% connected

Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument.

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Surface 66% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Synonym 5

Casual 92% connected

Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.

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Cursory 92% connected

Running about; not stationary.

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Passing 92% connected

of Pass

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Perfunctory 92% connected

Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indiffer…

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Trivial 92% connected

Found anywhere; common.

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Profound 94% connected

Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.

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Profound 94% connected

Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.

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