What do I call someone who reads documentation or guides?

What do I call person who reads documentation, files or tutorials in a cursory or superficial manner? Without doing so thoroughly? What do you think might fail?

What does anyone know about the Wharton Effect, and what makes a great game?

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I would call such a person a skimreader. If I’m on something I’m getting caught up in but don’t know how to read my notes, I would have to call it a skim-reader. What are some relevant dictionary entries for “Skim” : 2. 5.

3 Read rapid or cursorily so as to note only the important points: He

sat down and skimmed the report : she skimmed through the newspaper EXAMPLE

SENTENCES She

let her eyes skim the page, not really reading it, until she got to verse thirty-nine.

When Lacey realized she was doing something she needed to do, she grabbed the book.

When writing about an author, it’s often helpful to read his latest book. Check the excerpts.

2. Do you have any experience from which you can say something similar? 4 (skim over) Deal with (a subject) briefly or superficially.

Why would

they treat this sultana in such a fashion, whereas their counterparts briefly skimmed over her career?

Over time, Birkin can literally skimm over subjects, lifting them up, reshaping them, and throwing them back down.

Why is the media skimming over this one subject entirely?

(Definitions of skim from Oxforddictionaries plus usage examples, from Wikipedia.) com)).

Answered on March 15, 2021.
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I would call such a person a skimreader. If I’m on something I’m getting caught up in but don’t know how to read my notes, I would have to call it a skim-reader. What are some relevant dictionary entries for “Skim” : 2. 5.

3 Read rapid or cursorily so as to note only the important points: He

sat down and skimmed the report : she skimmed through the newspaper EXAMPLE

SENTENCES She

let her eyes skim the page, not really reading it, until she got to verse thirty-nine.

When Lacey realized she was doing something she needed to do, she grabbed the book.

When writing about an author, it’s often helpful to read his latest book. Check the excerpts.

2. Do you have any experience from which you can say something similar? 4 (skim over) Deal with (a subject) briefly or superficially.

Why would

they treat this sultana in such a fashion, whereas their counterparts briefly skimmed over her career?

Over time, Birkin can literally skimm over subjects, lifting them up, reshaping them, and throwing them back down.

Why is the media skimming over this one subject entirely?

(Definitions of skim from Oxforddictionaries plus usage examples, from Wikipedia.) com)).

Answered on March 15, 2021.
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I would call such a person a skimreader. If I’m on something I’m getting caught up in but don’t know how to read my notes, I would have to call it a skim-reader. What are some relevant dictionary entries for “Skim” : 2. 5.

3 Read rapid or cursorily so as to note only the important points: He

sat down and skimmed the report : she skimmed through the newspaper EXAMPLE

SENTENCES She

let her eyes skim the page, not really reading it, until she got to verse thirty-nine.

When Lacey realized she was doing something she needed to do, she grabbed the book.

When writing about an author, it’s often helpful to read his latest book. Check the excerpts.

2. Do you have any experience from which you can say something similar? 4 (skim over) Deal with (a subject) briefly or superficially.

Why would

they treat this sultana in such a fashion, whereas their counterparts briefly skimmed over her career?

Over time, Birkin can literally skimm over subjects, lifting them up, reshaping them, and throwing them back down.

Why is the media skimming over this one subject entirely?

(Definitions of skim from Oxforddictionaries plus usage examples, from Wikipedia.) com)).

Answered on March 15, 2021.
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I would call such a person a skimreader. If I’m on something I’m getting caught up in but don’t know how to read my notes, I would have to call it a skim-reader. What are some relevant dictionary entries for “Skim” : 2. 5.

3 Read rapid or cursorily so as to note only the important points: He

sat down and skimmed the report : she skimmed through the newspaper EXAMPLE

SENTENCES She

let her eyes skim the page, not really reading it, until she got to verse thirty-nine.

When Lacey realized she was doing something she needed to do, she grabbed the book.

When writing about an author, it’s often helpful to read his latest book. Check the excerpts.

2. Do you have any experience from which you can say something similar? 4 (skim over) Deal with (a subject) briefly or superficially.

Why would

they treat this sultana in such a fashion, whereas their counterparts briefly skimmed over her career?

Over time, Birkin can literally skimm over subjects, lifting them up, reshaping them, and throwing them back down.

Why is the media skimming over this one subject entirely?

(Definitions of skim from Oxforddictionaries plus usage examples, from Wikipedia.) com)).

Answered on March 15, 2021.
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