shallow
of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
lacking depth; superficial: a mind that is not narrow but shallow.
taking in a relatively small amount of air in each inhalation: shallow breathing.
Baseball. relatively close to home plate: The shortstop caught the pop fly in shallow left field.
Usually shallows. (used with a singular or plural verb) a shallow part of a body of water; shoal.
Baseball. at a shallow position: With the pitcher up, the outfielders played shallow.
to make or become shallow.
Origin of shallow
1Other words from shallow
- shal·low·ly, adverb
- shal·low·ness, noun
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How to use shallow in a sentence
Would such shallowness be tolerated in a film about the Battle of Agincourt, immortalized by Shakespeare in Henry V?
‘300’ Is a Misleading, Muscle-Bound Travesty of Ancient History | James Romm | March 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut what the debate really showed is the utter shallowness of today's GOP.
The shallowness of the Obama white paper, issued last June, is now only too obvious.
The shallowness and simplicity of the girl baffled her continually.
That Lass O' Lowrie's | Frances Hodgson BurnettIt certainly leads to shallowness, "Without haste, without rest" was Goethe's motto.
Girls and Women | Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}
Their broadsides bore upon the enemy, and the shallowness of the water was such that by no means could they be surrounded.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.And there was only one way to deal with such shallowness––that was with firm and unmistakable severity.
Once to Every Man | Larry EvansReligion suffers from a narrowness and shallowness which broader and deeper culture must remove.
A New Atmosphere | Gail Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for shallow
/ (ˈʃæləʊ) /
having little depth
lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
(often plural) a shallow place in a body of water; shoal
to make or become shallow
Origin of shallow
1Derived forms of shallow
- shallowly, adverb
- shallowness, noun
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