superficiality

Example Sentences

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"This incident not only exposes the superficiality of local daily supervision and the low cost of violations, leading to repeated violations by the company," another Weibo user wrote.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Modernism’s critique of Art Deco was its superficiality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

The documentary’s superficiality is reflected in its peculiar use of animation.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

We know that the plastic veneer of Hollywood gives parts of the city, and aspects of life here, a certain superficiality.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2025

Thus we live a closed, hard existence of the utmost superficiality, and rarely does an incident strike out a spark.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque