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[ adjective ] lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension; downward ("shallow water"
Examples "a shallow dish") inward from an outer surface ("a shallow cut") backward ("a shallow closet") or outward from a center |
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[ adjective ] not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
Examples "shallow breathing" "a night of shallow fretful sleep" "in a shallow trance" |
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[ adjective ] lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
Examples "shallow people" "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious" |
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[ noun ] a stretch of shallow water
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