superficial

adjectives

concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; 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"

superficial

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superficiality

antonym

profound

is similar to

appearing as such but not necessarily so

"for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"

apparent, ostensible, seeming

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showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish

"his dilettantish efforts at painting"

dilettante, dilettanteish, dilettantish, sciolistic

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arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth

"too facile a solution for so complex a problem"

facile

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marked by lack of intellectual depth

"glib generalizations"; "a glib response to a complex question"

glib

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appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms

"left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk"

looking, sounding

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lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious

"shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"

shallow

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penetrating no deeper than the skin: "her beauty is only skin-deep"

skin-deep