superficial

adjective as in without depth, detail

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cursory, frivolous, one-dimensional, perfunctory, silly, sketchy, slight, trivial

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apparent, casual, cosmetic, depthless, desultory, empty, evident, exterior, external, flash, flimsy, general, glib, half-baked, hasty, hurried, ignorant, inattentive, lightweight, nodding, on the surface, ostensible, outward, partial, passing, peripheral, quick-fix, seeming, shallow, shoal, skin-deep, slapdash, smattery, summary, surface, tip of the iceberg, uncritical, warped

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But, for a long time, girl bands were the underdogs, dismissed as vapid and superficial.

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Shocking video shared at the time showed Mr Ramesh walking away from the aftermath with seemingly superficial injuries, as smoke billowed in the background.

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In an earlier post, Haji Zaid wrote that they had received "reports of minor injuries and superficial damages from all districts of the province".

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But he added the group shared a desire for a "level playing field" meaning age checks should be "robust, not superficial or fake".

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So because of that, pop music is never superficial to me.

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