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noun
The property of being shallow; having little depth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: superficiality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: depth
Narrower terms: glibness, slickness, sciolism
noun
the quality of lacking physical depth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: deepness
Broader terms: depth, deepness
Narrower terms: superficiality
History
Etymology tree English shallow Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English shallowness From shallow + -ness.
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
