The phrase "superficial solution" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a solution that addresses only the surface level of a problem without tackling the underlying issues.
Example: "While the new policy may seem effective, it is merely a superficial solution to the deeper issues plaguing the organization."
Alternatives: "surface-level solution" or "shallow remedy."
Privatisation is still being pursued as the panacea for Royal Mail, PFI schemes are still being heavily subsidised even when bankrupted by the credit crunch, and the fixation with massively costly and poorly performing IT super-databases as the superficial solution for much deeper social problems continues unabated.
"Ad-blocking simply provides a short-term, superficial solution.
How about "Freedom Projects?" But Tea Partiers are likely to reject such a superficial solution.
"We feel strongly that shutting down Backpage would be a superficial solution," said staff attorney Melissa Broudo, who represents sex workers and survivors of trafficking.
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Such superficial solutions are acceptable if several conditions are met.
Superficial solutions like team building or conflict training don't do a good job of addressing fraying cross-functional relationships.
If you see fraying cross-functional relationships, don't resort to superficial solutions like team building or conflict training.
They then choose specific criticisms and citations and group them into categories like "oversimplified," "inaccurate" and "proposes superficial solutions".
Yet rather than resolving the underlying sources of instability, the government all too often offers short-term, superficial solutions, which are more likely to sweep the problems under the carpet or dam them up.
He doesn't give in to "easy, superficial solutions," and "in addition to being a very good physicist, he is also both a skilful observer and an excellent theorist".
