1. smattering - Noun
2. smattering - Verb
A slight, superficial knowledge of something; sciolism.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf you look at winners of the Nobel Prize in biology, you'll find a fair smattering of people who don't know how to work a pipette. Aubrey de Grey
Minerva House was 'a finishing establishment for young ladies,' where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing. Charles Dickens
Take one part brilliant entrepreneur, one part narcissist, add in a smattering of Attention Deficit Disorder and a dash of philanthropy and you get Dov Charney. Dov Charney
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Members of Aylmer’s Church of God were also marching, surrounded by a smattering of QAnon supporters declaring, “Where we go one, we go all”—one of the movement’s rallying cries (usually shortened to WWG1WGA). Source: Internet
A smattering of really big, mostly late-stage rounds, boosted by SoftBank’s unprecedented spending spree, contributed to the higher annual totals. Source: Internet