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Noun: superficiality  ,soo-pu(r),fi-shee'a-lu-tee
  1. Lack of depth of knowledge, thought or feeling
    "The superficiality of the report disappointed the committee";
    - shallowness
     
  2. Shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something
    "he ignored the wound because of its superficiality"

Derived forms: superficialities

Type of: depth, shallowness

Encyclopedia: Superficiality