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shallow adjective [ ˈʃaləʊ ]

• of little depth.
• "serve the noodles in a shallow bowl"
• not exhibiting, requiring, or capable of serious thought.
• "a shallow analysis of contemporary society"
Similar: superficial, facile, glib, simplistic, oversimplified, schematic, slight, flimsy, insubstantial, lightweight, empty, trivial, trifling, surface, skin-deep, frivolous, foolish, silly, unintelligent, unthinking, unscholarly, ignorant,
Opposite: profound, serious, in-depth,

shallow noun

• an area of the sea, a lake, or a river where the water is not very deep.

shallow verb

• (of the sea, a lake, or a river) become less deep over time or in a particular place.
• "the boat ground to a halt where the water shallowed"
Origin: late Middle English: obscurely related to shoal2.


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