cursory
adjective
uk
/ˈkɜː.sər.i/ us
/ˈkɝː.sɚ.i/Meaning of cursory in English
(Definition of cursory from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
cursory | American Dictionary
cursory
adjective
us
/ˈkɜr·sə·ri/Examples of cursory
cursory
Space permits only a cursory overview of these slighter works.
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Even a cursory glance at such an approach would suggest that it is doomed to failure, and it surely is.
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The fact that the analysis of many of the interviews remained cursory, and was conducted unilaterally rather than in cross-cultural collaboration, does show through, however.
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A cursory consideration of the human reproductive life-cycle reveals biases inherent in this model.
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Other functional items are treated in an equally cursory manner, if at all.
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But once again, his remarks, although very interesting, are cursory.
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The treatment of the metaphysical issues is unfortunately at best cursory, occupying somewhat less than three of the nine chapters.
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The scope and style of this book render it an invaluable resource for anyone with even a cursory interest in oral history.
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Very few sixteenth-century authors are dealt with in more than cursory fashion.
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Failure to detect fleas on such hosts during cursory examinations may relate to their smaller size and agility compared to ticks.
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Most graduate-level textbooks in the field now provide only cursory treatment of this material at best.
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The "decay" assumption is a direct outcome of the editors' cursory attitude to a long pedigree of literature.
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A cursory glance at the data shows that it is more complicated.
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The section on acclimatization is too cursory; there is no reference to fever but presumably the author considered this was outside his terms of reference.
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This review has necessarily been rather cursory, and space restrictions require even more cursory reporting in what follows.
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