cursory
KUR-suh-reeadjMeaning quick and not thorough; done in a hurry
Memory hook CURS = RUN: a RUNNING look. Pip runs past every painting in the museum, giving each one half a second: his look is cursory.
A cursory glance at the menu told Kai there was no pizza.
In context The inspector’s check was only cursory; she spent two minutes in a building that needed two hours, and she missed the cracked pipe in the basement.
Similar hasty, hurried, quick, superficial
Opposite thorough, careful, detailed
From Medieval Latin cursorius, “of running, swift,” from Latin cursor, “a runner.”