Meaning of superficial In English

• 0 (of a person) never thinking about things that are serious or important:

  • He's fun to be with, but he's very superficial.

• 1 not complete and involving only the most obvious things:

  • I thought that article was written at a very superficial level.

  • The documentary's treatment/analysis of the issues was very superficial.

  • I only have a superficial (= slight) knowledge of French.

• 2 appearing to be real or important when this is not true or correct:

  • There are superficial similarities between the two cars, but really they're very different in terms of performance.

• 3 only on the surface of something:

  • superficial damage

  • The driver only received superficial injuries/cuts/wounds.

• 4 on the surface only; not deep:

  • a superficial wound

  • Her book on the history of cars in America was extremely superficial.

• 5 slight; not much:

  • The storm was not bad, and most property damage was superficial.