Vocabulary
Cursory
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
Urdu meaning
لاپرواہ، برائے نام، سرسری
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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They fear that more such incidents can occur if remedial actions are not taken immediately.Even a cursory look at our roads, streets, footpaths and public spaces exposes both and invisible hazards.
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Road hazards
— 2025-12-15
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A cursory glance at social media platform ownership and control abundantly demonstrates this.
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Peace or genocide pause?
— 2025-10-12
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The Defence of Human Rights movement points out that such speed implies cursory hearings.
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Where are they?
— 2025-09-13
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Anyone possessing an even cursory familiarity with Pakistani cities and towns will know how unchecked and unfettered urban expansion has dramatically altered the rural-urban frontier.
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Commodified nature
— 2025-07-21
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They lack timely access to the finance bill and are neither empowered nor sufficiently resourced, leading to cursory oversight that seldom challenges or proposes substantial increases in climate allocations.
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Parliament`s climate role
— 2025-07-03
Synonyms
perfunctory, desultory, casual, superficial, token, uninterested, half-hearted, inattentive
Antonyms
thorough, painstaking
Curator example
“a cursory glance at the figures”
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