ADJECTIVE | all | cursory, casual, passing, perfunctory, superficial | hasty and without attention to detail |
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Sounds | ker'seriy | |
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Rhymes | accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy... |
Meaning | hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough. | |
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Example | "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws" | |
Synonyms | casual, passing, perfunctory, superficial | |
Broader | careless | marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness |
Spanish | somero, superficial | |
Catalan | superficial | |
Adverbs | cursorily | without taking pains |
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