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Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.

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  1. a. Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.
  2. adj. penetrating no deeper than the skin:
  3. Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial. Lowell.
  4. j:100 s. penetrating no deeper than the skin: "her beauty is only skin-deep"