Cursory (Adjective)
Meaning
Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"; "In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The manager gave the proposal a cursory glance before rejecting it outright.
- The cursory review of the budget didn't catch the error that would later cause so much trouble.
- After a cursory search of the apartment, the police concluded that nothing was missing.
- The doctor's cursory examination failed to diagnose the patient's underlying condition.
- The company's cursory response to the customer's complaint only made things worse.