1. (

• casual ,
• cursory ,
• passing ,
• perfunctory ,
• superficial

) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"; "In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory" ;

2. (

• pro_forma ,
• perfunctory

) done or produced as a formality only; "a one-candidate pro forma election" ;