smattering

1. A shallow or superficial knowledge of a subject.

   She knows a smattering of Greek, but not enough to carry on a conversation.

   1529, Thomas More, The Supplycacyon of Soulys [The Supplication of Souls], London: W. Rastell, Book 2, […] he had a lytell smatterynge in the lawe: […]

   Halbwissen, oberflächliche Kenntnis, bruchstückhafte Kenntnis

   пове́рхностное зна́ниеpovérxnostnoje znánije, кое-что́koje-štó

   поверхове знанняpoverxove znannja

   a slight or superficial understanding of a subject

2. A small amount or number of something.

   There’s only a smattering of people who oppose the first amendment.

   Handvoll, kleine Menge, geringe Anzahl

   a small number or amount

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