"thin knowledge" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation when someone has very little understanding or information about a given topic. For example: "John has a thin knowledge of Italian cuisine, so he wasn't able to accurately describe the different dishes at the restaurant."
"I have a very thin veneer of knowledge," said Mr. Citron, who has a doctorate in history from New York University and retired last year after 31 years of teaching history at the County College of Morris in Morris County, N.J. "The last chip I understood was a poker chip".
According to Mr Carothers, the problem was, as William Goldman said of Hollywood, that nobody knows anything.Mr Carothers argued that the intrinsic difficulty of defining the rule of law, combined with the problems of knowing how specific laws work in practice, meant that "the rapidly growing field of rule-of-law assistance is operating from a disturbingly thin base of knowledge at every level".
To the best of our knowledge, thin layer chromatographic method has yet not been reported for the separation and subsequent quantification of pyrethroids in agricultural and domestic products.
Therefore, due to the multidisciplinary nature of thin film devices, knowledge and advances already made in one area may be applicable to other similar areas.
His main critique of Jeremy Corbyn is that "his own specific knowledge seems thin.
She went on to argue that the relatively thin CV, and limited knowledge of foreign policy, actually enhanced her status as a maverick reformer who could bring true change to Washington.
With millions of graduates coming out of university each year throughout the world, having mastered advanced mathematics or Japanese grammar, we can hardly say that the ability to acquire and retain complex knowledge is thin on the ground.
Rebus's position, as ever, is one of subversive compliance, and, although he and Fox don't become bosom pals, they do manage enough of an alliance for a mutual scramble across the thin ice of uncertain knowledge and moral relativity to a resolution.
The first essay reprinted in Jessica Hopper's new book, The First Collection Of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic, sees her in 2002, imagining "what a REAL rock-critic scenario is like: a 'special' manual typewriter, ashtrays full of thin roaches, an extensive knowledge of Mott the Hoople lyrics, a ruthless seeking for the life of life in free jazz sides".
Later in the book, Kistiakowsky, who was a nuclear expert and veteran of the Manhattan Project, wrote: "… a linear relation between dose and effect… I still believe is entirely unnecessary for the definition of the current radiation guidelines, since they are pulled out of thin air without any knowledge on which to base them".
