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Weep about ours somehow being hasty and superficial (7)

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I believe the answer is:

cursory

'hasty and superficial' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'weep about ours somehow' is the wordplay.
'weep' becomes 'cry' (synonyms).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'ours' is an anagram of 'urso'.
'cry' placed around 'urso' is 'CURSORY'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for cursory that I've seen before include "Like a quick examination" , "Hasty and superficial" , "Hasty and without attention" , "Superficial - ours cry (anag)" , "Hasty, not thorough" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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