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skin-deep

[skin-deep]
–adjective
1. superficial or slight; not profound or substantial: Their sincerity is only skin-deep.
–adverb
2. slightly; superficially: He went into the subject only skin-deep.

Origin:
1605–15
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skin-deep   (skĭn'dēp')
adj.  Superficial; shallow: a skin-deep acquaintanceship.
adv.  In a shallow manner; superficially.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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