Shallowness
noun
The quality or state of being shallow, not deep.
The shallowness of the pond made it safe for kids to play in.
Often appears as...
- shallowness of the water
- shallowness of the pool
noun
The quality of not having much seriousness, depth of character, or intelligence.
His shallowness was apparent when he made light of the serious situation.
Often appears as...
- shallowness of character
- shallowness of thought
noun
The quality or state of being shallow, not deep.
The shallowness of the pond made it safe for kids to play in.
Often appears as...
- shallowness of the water
- shallowness of the pool
noun
The quality of not having much seriousness, depth of character, or intelligence.
His shallowness was apparent when he made light of the serious situation.
Often appears as...
- shallowness of character
- shallowness of thought
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Depth
Refers to literal depth, like in a body of water or a physical space.
The shallowness of the trench made it easy to step over.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Implication
Shallow areas can be considered safer for certain activities, such as swimming.
The pool's shallowness makes it perfect for young swimmers.
Pro Tip 3/3Visible Surface
Used to describe how much of the bottom can be seen due to the water’s shallowness.
You could see the fish clearly because of the water's shallowness.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Depth
Refers to literal depth, like in a body of water or a physical space.
The shallowness of the trench made it easy to step over.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Implication
Shallow areas can be considered safer for certain activities, such as swimming.
The pool's shallowness makes it perfect for young swimmers.
Pro Tip 3/3Visible Surface
Used to describe how much of the bottom can be seen due to the water’s shallowness.
You could see the fish clearly because of the water's shallowness.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Depth
Refers to literal depth, like in a body of water or a physical space.
The shallowness of the trench made it easy to step over.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Implication
Shallow areas can be considered safer for certain activities, such as swimming.
The pool's shallowness makes it perfect for young swimmers.
Pro Tip 3/3Visible Surface
Used to describe how much of the bottom can be seen due to the water’s shallowness.
You could see the fish clearly because of the water's shallowness.
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Video examples
Ian Dunbar: Dog-friendly...
He kicked a child, grabs the child like this and I let it go. And this is what it's all about. These relationship skills are so easy. I mean, we as humans, our shallowness when we choose a life-mate
Video examples
Ian Dunbar: Dog-friendly...
He kicked a child, grabs the child like this and I let it go. And this is what it's all about. These relationship skills are so easy. I mean, we as humans, our shallowness when we choose a life-mate
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Quote examples
Martha Plimpton
American Model
The '80s to me, more than anything else, represents a time of real criminal activity in the office of the president: an incredibly disparate economy in terms of the class distinctions and whatnot, and a tremendous shallowness - a lot of sort of bank robbery by executives.
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James Blunt
English Musician
I relax by catching up with my friends and family. When I am at home in Ibiza, I find the contrast of living on a divided island relaxing - with beauty and tranquillity in the north and a sense of fun, shallowness and celebration in the south.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Shallowness and ignorance have been our lot in the mass consumer societies we inhabit, where we were too distracted to act politically, apart from periodically deputing political elites to take life-and-death decisions on our behalf.
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Laurie Graham
English Journalist
Childhood doesn't have to be perfect, and children don't have to be beautiful. From a bit of grit may grow a pearl, and if pearl production doesn't materialise, the outcome will still be preferable to the shallowness of vanity.
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Rick Perlstein
American Historian
What does it mean to truly believe in America? To wave a flag? Or to struggle toward a more searching alternative to the shallowness of the flag-wavers - to criticize, to interrogate, to analyze, to dissent?
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Justin Cartwright
British Novelist
In a way, advertising, for all its shallowness, its love of design, its modishness and its self-justification, is curiously innocent. The idea of the hidden persuader or the manipulator is largely absurd.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
Consumerism is at once the engine of America and simultaneously one of the most revealing indicators of our collective shallowness.
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Martha Plimpton
American Model
The '80s to me, more than anything else, represents a time of real criminal activity in the office of the president: an incredibly disparate economy in terms of the class distinctions and whatnot, and a tremendous shallowness - a lot of sort of bank robbery by executives.
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James Blunt
English Musician
I relax by catching up with my friends and family. When I am at home in Ibiza, I find the contrast of living on a divided island relaxing - with beauty and tranquillity in the north and a sense of fun, shallowness and celebration in the south.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Shallowness and ignorance have been our lot in the mass consumer societies we inhabit, where we were too distracted to act politically, apart from periodically deputing political elites to take life-and-death decisions on our behalf.
Quote examples
Laurie Graham
English Journalist
Childhood doesn't have to be perfect, and children don't have to be beautiful. From a bit of grit may grow a pearl, and if pearl production doesn't materialise, the outcome will still be preferable to the shallowness of vanity.
Quote examples
Rick Perlstein
American Historian
What does it mean to truly believe in America? To wave a flag? Or to struggle toward a more searching alternative to the shallowness of the flag-wavers - to criticize, to interrogate, to analyze, to dissent?
Quote examples
Justin Cartwright
British Novelist
In a way, advertising, for all its shallowness, its love of design, its modishness and its self-justification, is curiously innocent. The idea of the hidden persuader or the manipulator is largely absurd.
Quote examples
Henry Rollins
American Musician
Consumerism is at once the engine of America and simultaneously one of the most revealing indicators of our collective shallowness.
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