Vocabulary
Superficial
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
existing or occurring at or on the surface.
Urdu meaning
اوپری، سرسری ، سطحی ہونا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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These swings, however, are largely superficial; the underlying supply risks remain acute as attacks on oil infrastructure in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz`s closure have forced key producers to cut output.
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Targeted relief
— 2026-03-27
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Art and architecture have long descended into superficial parodies empty of ideological content, while the social sciences and humanities have totally succumbed to a postmodernism without a belief system.
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The eventless 21st century
— 2025-12-29
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The government of the day finds itself struggling to message out its accomplishments, which appear to the people like superficial vanities.
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Hungering for growth
— 2025-10-23
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It can be transferred to children through superficial contact.
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Unfair vanity
— 2025-10-19
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Even superficial use of one`s eyes and common sense would be enough to show that a scheme built literally on the riverbed might face anoodinthefuture.
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Mass ecocide
— 2025-09-01
Synonyms
surface, exterior, external, outer, outside, outermost, peripheral, slight
Curator example
“the building suffered only superficial damage”
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