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superficial

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Adjective

  1. Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
  2. Existing, occurring, or located on the surface: Closer to the surface of the body; especially, situated or occurring on the skin or immediately beneath it.
  3. Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely.
  4. Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent.
  5. Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent: Lacking depth of character or understanding; lacking substance or significance.
  6. Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
  7. Denoting a quantity of a material expressed in terms of area covered rather than linear dimension or volume.

Noun

  1. A surface detail.

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