shallow
Meaning
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- Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
- Extending not far downward.
- Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
- Lacking interest or substance; flat; one-dimensional.
- Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
- (obsolete) Not deep in tone.
- Not far forward, close to the net.
- Not steep; close to horizontal.
Synonyms
not deep
become shallow
of thin make
slight wound
lip-deep
be superficial
shallow place
be shallow
be simple
not profound
not very deep
of little depth
low water level
Frequency
Hyphenated as
shal‧low
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃaləʊ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English schalowe (“not deep, shallow”); apparently related to Middle English schalde, schold, scheld, schealde (“shallow”), from Old English sċeald (“shallow”), from Proto-Germanic *skal-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, dry out”). Related to Low German Scholl (“shallow water”). See also shoal.
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