Superficial

Definition

superficial /su:pǝ'fÇʃl; Brit also sju:-/ adj ၁။ အေပၚယံ။ လွ်ပ္၍။ a superficial wound ❍ Superficial scratches can be easily removed. ၂။ အပယိကမွ်သာျဖစ္ေသာ။ a superficial similarity. ၃။ (က) သာမန္ကာလွ်ံကာမွ်။ ေခ်ာက္ခ်ီး ေခ်ာက္ခ်က္မွ်။ အပယိကမွ်။ a superficial book/description ❍ have only a superficial knowledge of history ❍ study botany at a very superficial level. (ခ) ( derog ) ေပါ့တန္ေသာ။ ေလးနက္မႈမရိွေသာ။ ေရေပၚဆီ။ a superficial mind/person. ❏ superficiality /su:pǝfÇʃi'ælǝti; Brit also sju:-/ n [U] ေပါ့ျပက္ျခင္း။ become bored by the superficiality of the conversation. ❏ superficially /-ʃǝli/ adv အေပၚယံအားျဖင့္။ only superficially alike.

Examples

1. Her injuries were only superficial.
2. The house suffered superficial damage from the flood.
3. The study is too superficial for us to reach any conclusion.
4. I have only a superficial knowledge of the subject.
5. She made a quick and superficial examination of the car.
6. Sarah is so superficial – she only cares about how she looks.
7. He writes about living in a greedy and superficial society.
8. We talked about superficial topics like sport and the weather.
9. These are superficial policy changes that help no one.
10. Any similarities between the countries are merely superficial.
11. The monkeys bear a superficial resemblance but are in fact quite distinct.