superficial

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
superficial/suːpəˈfɪʃl/

▶adjective

• 1 existing or occurring at or on the surface.

• 2 apparent rather than actual.

• 3 not thorough or deep; cursory.

  ■ lacking depth of character or understanding.

• 4 Brit. Building denoting a quantity of a material expressed in terms of area covered.

– derivatives
superficiality /-ʃɪˈalɪti/ noun (pl. superficialities),
superficially adverb,
superficialness noun.

– origin ME: from late L. superficialis, from L. superficies (see superficies).