superficial

[ˌsuːpərˈfɪʃl]

Definition:
1. Being or affecting or concerned with a surface; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually.
2. Not studying or looking at something thoroughly; seeing only what is obvious.
3. Relating to a surface.

Use 'superficial' in a sentence:

1. When you first meet her, she gives a superficial impression of warmth and friendliness.
2. Today's American writer seems very superficial.
3. She's so superficial!
4. He has a superficial knowledge of this subject.
5. Spain may well look different but the changes are superficial.
6. Mostly superficial-based on my looks and age.
7. This guy is a superficial yuppie with no intellect whatsoever.
8. But any oddness that you might perceive is superficial.
9. The other injured man had a superficial stomach wound.
10. Their arguments do not withstand the most superficial scrutiny.
11. We cannot, except in superficial terms.
12. His roommate had been pleasant on a superficial level.
13. Much of what they are exposed to is superficial.
14. The tone of his book is consistently negative, occasionally arrogant, and often superficial.
15. But such a view is a superficial analysis based on the quantity of information supplied by various forms of the mass media.
16. The explosion caused superficial damage to the fortified house.
17. I know well how slight is my talent and how superficial my scholarship, and that I do not deserve so much praise.
18. Obviously, this will be rather superficial.
19. Most of his opinions are superficial.
20. The oft-drawn contrast extroversion and introversion is entirely superficial.
21. The similarity is only superficial.
22. But that's a superficial criticism.
23. Ivan's burns were superficial and soon got well.
24. Many bad smells can be very superficial.
25. As superficial as it sounds, the research does hold up.
26. The guests engaged in superficial chatter.
27. Looks and other more superficial stuff are examples of such things.
28. This stance has a superficial logic.
29. The speaker had only a superficial knowledge of the subject.
30. Father had no more than a superficial knowledge of music.
31. The ridge structure on a person's finger doesn't change with growth and is not affected by superficial injuries.
32. The most superficial and the worst part.
33. Agility is not a superficial trait.
34. Under stress these people will appear to be superficial, over-eager and manipulative.
35. Our agreement was a temporary one, superficial and unreal.
36. Despite these superficial resemblances, this is a darker work than her earlier novels.
37. But this was a fairly superficial point of difference.
38. The 69-year-old clergyman escaped with superficial wounds.
39. But humans often fail to see beyond the superficial.
40. Is actually kinda superficial, huh?
41. His speech was superficial and full of generalities.
42. For example, if the number of friends on your online network is greater than that, according to Dunbar, this would imply the relationships are only superficial.
43. While her advice may sound superficial, it gets to the heart of what every cancer patient wants: the chance to live life just as she always did or maybe better.
44. Perfect. Insecure and superficial--It's a great start.
45. we cannot talk about profound learning with superficial persons,
46. because that's a superficial data point,
47. Michael's roommate had been pleasant on a superficial level.
48. The book shows only a superficial understanding of the historical context.
49. The Pleistocene superficial geology comprises well-bedded sandy gravels with occasional thin beds of sand.