cursory

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  1. adjective Performed with haste and scant attention to detail: a cursory glance at the headlines.

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  • Corby counted on the fact that the first inspection would be cursory, and that is what happened. —  EQMM,December2006
  • My view was so very cursory, and without a catalogue, that I must not say much about it. —  Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N.
  • The blogging workshop was pretty cursory, and showed Blogger as a tool to publish your blog. —  21apples
  • The students were asked to sign what was described as a cursory three-page consent form. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Indeed, most of the instances of the term a cursory Google search of whitehouse. gov uncovers come in questions from the media —  Signifying Nothing
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Late Latin cursōrius, of running, from Latin cursor, runner; see cursor.

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  1. from Late Latin cursorius, of or pertaining to running or to a race-course, from Latin cursor, a runner, racer: see cursor.
 

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