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Meanings of superficial knowledge in English

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Usage of superficial knowledge in English
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It is natural that thou hast only a superficial knowledge.
Piccolissima
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A superficial knowledge of literature may sometimes be a snare.
Collections and Recollections
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His science was limited to the four rules, and a very superficial knowledge of grammar.
Theresa Raquin
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They give a superficial knowledge of great characters to those who will not read history.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07: Great Women
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He possessed but superficial knowledge upon any subject, and was totally ignorant of diplomatic affairs.
Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volum...
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A superficial knowledge of languages rather accentuates than removes limitations, multiplies mistakes and embitters them.
The Education of Catholic Girls
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A superficial knowledge is all that you can give them; thorough investigation is out of the question.
The Eclipse of Faith; Or, A Visit to a Religious Sceptic
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No superficial knowledge of a subject sufficed.
The Rules of the Game
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His superficial knowledge he accepted as final.
Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness
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Take away the outer appearance and the superficial knowledge and what's left is no better than a child.
Underground
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But this was due to the fact that we had only a very superficial knowledge of the town.
The Land of the Black Mountain: The Adventures of Two Englishmen...
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Another maxim, more plausible but equally pernicious, is that superficial knowledge is worse than no knowledge at all.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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The theologian in Egypt, as in other parts of Al-Islam, must have a superficial knowledge of the Prophet's traditions.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volu...
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On this voyage I began to get a smattering of the Portuguese tongue and a superficial knowledge of navigation.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction
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His views were always short-sighted, and he had the most superficial knowledge of the deeper problems of war and politics.
A Short History of the Great War
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There is a wide difference between elementary knowledge and superficial knowledge-betweena firm beginning, and an infirm attempt at compassing.
Sesame and Lilies
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