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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Cast members rushing in and out of scenes, detailed instructions from production stage manager Jennifer Hsu — which included everything from scene directions to lighting directions, to orchestra directions — and the wings packed with performers made backstage appear chaotic to the casual observer.
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Maxwell Alexander, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
The packaging on this series is understated classic Macallan, which means to the casual observer a collection of Fine & Rare may just look like a few unremarkable bottles.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Yet by the time Putin was inaugurated, in May 2012, even a casual observer of Putin’s speeches or Russian television would have thought that the Cold War was back on.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2014
To a casual observer, a white hole is indistinguishable from a black hole.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2024
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Maxwell Alexander, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
The packaging on this series is understated classic Macallan, which means to the casual observer a collection of Fine & Rare may just look like a few unremarkable bottles.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Yet by the time Putin was inaugurated, in May 2012, even a casual observer of Putin’s speeches or Russian television would have thought that the Cold War was back on.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2014
To a casual observer, a white hole is indistinguishable from a black hole.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2024
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“Casual observer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casual%20observer. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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