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Cursory

//ˈkɝː.sə.ɹi// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Hasty or superficial.

    "cursory glance"

  2. 2
    Careless or desultory.

    "The cursory inspection missed several irregularities."

  3. 3
    Running about; not stationary. obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cursoire (“rapid”), from Latin cursorius (“hasty, of a race or running”).

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