CURSORY

casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory, superficial

(adjective) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; “a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house’s structural flaws”; “a passing glance”; “perfunctory courtesy”; “In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

cursory (comparative more cursory, superlative most cursory)

hasty; superficial; careless

(obsolete) Running about; not stationary.

Source: Wiktionary

Cur"so*ry (kr"s-r), a. Etym: [L. cursorius, fr. cursor. See Cursor.]

1. Running about; not stationary. [Obs.]

2. Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially performed; slight; superficial; careless. Events far too important to be treated in a cursory manner. Hallam.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition