superficial knowledge
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsuperficialandknowledge
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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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knowledge
noun
uk/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/us/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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(Definition ofsuperficialandknowledgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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To read this article, asuperficialknowledgeof denotational semantics, typed programming languages and type inference systems will be beneficial.
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I was rather dismayed by what appeared to be hissuperficialknowledgeand shallow understanding of the real issues involved.
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It reflects my interest in, rather than mysuperficialknowledgeof, this voluminous subject.
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That is saying a good deal, because anyone who has even asuperficialknowledgeof the subject knows how serious these anomalies are.
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Anybody with even asuperficialknowledgeof the situation knows that shopkeepers frequently sell articles which are not covered by the current exemptions.
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She has spoken as one with asuperficialknowledgeof medical practice as it affects the bulk of the people in this country today.
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I hope that he or she and the other independent members will have more than asuperficialknowledgeof this place.
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Asuperficialknowledgeof someone coming from 39 of the other 40 states may not be a reliable base from which to proceed.
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For example, some knowledge of management skills and even asuperficialknowledgeof accountancy are useful and important.
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Thesuperficialknowledgeof some people upon this subject may lead them astray.
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It only requires the mostsuperficialknowledgeof conditions in our slum areas to realise what an appalling blot they still are on this country.
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To say that wages in the baking industry have been doubled is to say something that anyone with even asuperficialknowledgeof the industry knows to be incorrect?
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The journalist who a little more than a decade ago described it as the "dying giant of the high street" had only asuperficialknowledgeof the movement.
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The theory of money is an extrordinarily difficult theory, and it is one about which a great many people have obtained somesuperficialknowledgein the last year or two.
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While almost always sincere, such faith communities often base their devotions on asuperficialknowledge which can be seriously in contradiction with the original.
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The danger of gaining meresuperficialknowledgeis prevented by orientating studies and subject matters to the students own academic organisation and their own personal profile.
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