cursory

quick and not thorough

Root

curr / curs: run, move quickly, or follow a course

Other words with the curr / curs root

course: path, route, or flow
cursive: flowing handwriting with joined strokes
precursor: a thing that comes before another
recourse: a source of help or option one can turn back to

Cursory runs over the surface too quickly.

A cursory review missed the contradiction.

The eye skims the top and keeps moving before the detail can catch it.

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