casual observer
noun
: someone who is not looking carefully
Even a casual observer can tell that the building is in need of repair.
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The casual observer and couch potato don’t need to know a thing about obscure scoring systems or the career results of athletes who have spent the past three years largely anonymous.
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Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
The moon in archaeology To the casual observer, the northern and southern fluctuations of the moonrise and moonset may be hard to notice.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2024
To the casual observer, the new legal challenge seems like a distraction from a much bigger potential fight with federal regulators, almost a nuisance lawsuit.
—Alexander Coolidge, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
To the casual observer, this public airing of grievances between megastars seemed as if two random artists from their Spotify playlist had inexplicably gotten into a tiff.
—Hazlitt, 30 May 2024
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Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
The moon in archaeology To the casual observer, the northern and southern fluctuations of the moonrise and moonset may be hard to notice.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2024
To the casual observer, the new legal challenge seems like a distraction from a much bigger potential fight with federal regulators, almost a nuisance lawsuit.
—Alexander Coolidge, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
To the casual observer, this public airing of grievances between megastars seemed as if two random artists from their Spotify playlist had inexplicably gotten into a tiff.
—Hazlitt, 30 May 2024
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“Casual observer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casual%20observer. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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