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Definition of skin-deep adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

skin-deep

adjective

[not usually before noun]

(of a feeling or an attitude) not as important or strongly felt as it appears to be synonym superficial

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beauty is only skin-deep (saying)

how a person looks is less important than their character

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