shallow
pronunciation
How to pronounce shallow in British English:
UK [ˈʃæləʊ]
How to pronounce shallow in American English:
US [ˈʃæloʊ]
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- Noun:
- a stretch of shallow water
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- Verb:
- make shallow
- become shallow
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- Adjective:
- lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
- not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
- lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
Word Origin
- shallow (adj.)
- c. 1400, schalowe "not deep," probably from or related to Old English sceald (see shoal (n.)). Of breathing, attested from 1875; of thought or feeling, "superficial," first recorded 1580s. The noun, usually shallows, is first recorded 1570s, from the adjective.
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Example
- 1. Put 3 shots of espresso in a shallow dish and cool .
- 2. I gained weight and you are shallow .
- 3. By comparison , they found the materialistic shoppers shallow .
- 4. Their lives will be stressful , unhappy and shallow .
- 5. Fashion is a shallow pursuit in the eyes of many , and a deep embodiment of identity for others .