- skin-deep
- adjective Date: 1613 1. as deep as the skin 2. not thorough or lasting in impression ; superficial
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Skin Deep — is the name of several things:In television and film: *Skin Deep (1922 film), a film directed by Lambert Hillyer *Skin Deep (1978 film), a film directed by Geoff Steven *Skin Deep (1979 film), a film directed by Marcello Aliprandi *Skin Deep… … Wikipedia
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skin-deep — [skin′dēp′] adj. 1. penetrating no deeper than the skin 2. without real depth or significance; superficial; shallow adv. so as to be only skin deep; superficially … English World dictionary
Skin-deep — a. Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial. Lowell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
skin-deep — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not deep or lasting; superficial … English terms dictionary
skin-deep — index superficial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
skin-deep — skin′ deep′ adj. superficial; not profound or substantial • Etymology: 1605–15 … From formal English to slang
skin-deep — [adj] superficial apparent, casual, cursory, empty, flimsy, meaningless, onedimensional, on the surface, shallow, trivial; concepts 557,777 … New thesaurus
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