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
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