superficial impression

collocation in English

meaningsofsuperficialandimpression

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superficial
adjective
uk
/ˌsuː.pəˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/ˌsuː.pɚˈfɪʃ.əl/
disapproving
(of a person) never thinking about things that are serious ...
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impression
noun
uk
/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/us
/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/
an idea or opinion of what something or someone ...
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(Definition ofsuperficialandimpressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsuperficial impression

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There are two reasons to be skeptical of thissuperficialimpression.
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Some inhabitants wanted to spend nothing, others wanted to create asuperficialimpressionof civilization, a few wanted to do much more.
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Hissuperficialimpressionof that is something with which he need not trouble himself.
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That is thesuperficialimpressionthat they get.
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One company has gone and 30 are appearing, giving thesuperficialimpressionof an enormous increase in employment, but the reverse is true.
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The result is that we have asuperficialimpression.
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The egalitarianism in the report before us is an absurd imposition, which offers asuperficialimpression of equality and would only reflect true representation, if at all, by coincidence.
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It would have been better to conclude that superficial impressions require time to properly investigate and document.
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I hope that the search for examples overseas will go on and that we shall not be put off by the superficial impressions of what is achieved overseas.
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There has been much criticism of the industry in recent months, much of it based on superficial impressions and much of it far from constructive or realistic.
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