superficial examination
1superficial — superficial, shallow, cursory, uncritical can mean lacking in depth, solidity, and comprehensiveness. Superficial applies chiefly to persons, their minds, their emotions, their attainments, or their utterances or writings, but it is also… …
2examination — n. test set of questions 1) to administer, conduct, give an examination 2) to draw up, make up an examination 3) to monitor, proctor, supervise an examination 4) to sit (BE), take an examination 5) to fail; pass an examination 6) a difficult,… …
3superficial — su|per|fi|cial [ˌsu:pəˈfıʃəl US pər ] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not looking/studying carefully)¦ 2¦(appearance)¦ 3¦(wound/damage)¦ 4¦(person)¦ 5¦(not important)¦ 6¦(top layer)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Late Latin; Origin: superficialis, from Latin… …
4superficial — su|per|fi|cial [ ,supər fıʃl ] adjective * ▸ 1 not complete ▸ 2 only on the surface ▸ 3 not thinking seriously ▸ 4 appearing to be similar ▸ 5 in top layer 1. ) not complete or thorough: CURSORY: The study is too superficial for us to reach any… …
5superficial */ — UK [ˌsuːpə(r)ˈfɪʃ(ə)l] / US [ˌsupərˈfɪʃ(ə)l] adjective 1) affecting or involving only the surface or outside part of something Her injuries were only superficial. The house suffered superficial damage from the flood. 2) not complete or thorough… …
6superficial — adjective 1 APPEARANCE seeming to have a particular appearance at first, although this is not true or real: Despite their superficial similarities, the two novels are in fact very different. | a superficial air of tranquility 2 NOT… …
7superficial — adj. 1 of or on the surface; lacking depth (a superficial knowledge; superficial wounds). 2 swift or cursory (a superficial examination). 3 apparent but not real (a superficial resemblance). 4 (esp. of a person) having no depth of character or… …
8superficial — [ˌsuːpəˈfɪʃ(ə)l] adj 1) affecting or involving only the surface or outside part of something Syn: minor Her injuries were only superficial.[/ex] 2) not complete or thorough Syn: cursory a superficial examination of the damage[/ex] 3) a… …
9examination — noun 1 (formal) formal test ⇨ See also ↑exam ADJECTIVE ▪ certification (AmE), entrance ▪ final ▪ He has just completed his final examinations at São Paulo University. ▪ …
10superficial — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …