shallow
shallow Lexical Profile
shallow Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Of little depth; measuring only a short distance from the top or surface to the bottom.
"The children played safely in the shallow water near the shore."
Lacking intellectual, emotional, or moral depth; concerned only with surface appearances or trivial matters.
"Critics dismissed the novel for its shallow characterization and predictable plot."
Taking in or expelling only a small amount of air (of breathing or respiration).
"The patient's breathing was rapid and shallow after the strenuous exercise."
• noun
An area of a sea, lake, or river where the water is not very deep (usually used in the plural).
"Small fish darted among the reeds in the warm shallows of the lake."
• verb
To become or make less deep over time.
"The river channel gradually shallows as it approaches the wide sandy delta."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English schalowe, related to Old English sceald ('shallow'), ultimately tracing back to a Proto-Germanic root meaning 'thin' or 'sloping'.
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