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Antonyms for depthless
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : depth |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɛpθ |
Definition of depthless
Origin :- late 14c., apparently formed in Middle English on model of length, breadth; from Old English deop "deep" (see deep) + -th (2). Replaced older deopnes "deepness." Though the English word is relatively recent, the formation is in Proto-Germanic, *deupitho-, and corresponds to Old Saxon diupitha, Dutch diepte, Old Norse dypð, Gothic diupiþa.
- As in shallow : adj not deep
- As in sketchy : adj rough, incomplete
- As in superficial : adj without depth, detail
- As in surface : adj external
- As in one-dimensional : adj superficial
- As in cursory : adj casual, hasty
- But in the sweet voice, when it spoke, there was depthless wistfulness.
- Extract from : « Glory and the Other Girl » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- All that was required of anybody was money and a depthless capacity.
- Extract from : « Athalie » by Robert W. Chambers
- A vast and depthless cleft already divided them from to-day.
- Extract from : « The Moonlit Way » by Robert W. Chambers
- He was calm, sweet, wise; with a depthless tenderness of passion.
- Extract from : « Gifts of Genius » by Various
- Without any effort he pushed the entire sapling out of sight in the depthless silt.
- Extract from : « The Flaming Jewel » by Robert W. Chambers
- He laughed instead,—a single deep note of utter and depthless scorn.
- Extract from : « The Strength of the Pines » by Edison Marshall
- In her arms she cradled the Prophet, who stared solemnly at Barres out of depthless green eyes.
- Extract from : « The Moonlit Way » by Robert W. Chambers
- I heard them whispering in the gloom, while the stars blinked at me from a depthless heaven overhead.
- Extract from : « Neighbours » by Robert Stead
- As he strode forward into the depthless sea of darkness a whippoorwill called.
- Extract from : « The Maid-At-Arms » by Robert W. Chambers
Synonyms for depthless
- apparent
- brief
- careless
- casual
- coarse
- cosmetic
- covering
- crude
- cursory
- defective
- depthless
- desultory
- empty
- evident
- exterior
- external
- facial
- fast
- faulty
- flash
- flat
- flimsy
- frivolous
- general
- glib
- half-assed
- half-baked
- haphazard
- hasty
- hit or miss
- hollow
- hurried
- ignorant
- imperfect
- inadequate
- inattentive
- inconsiderable
- insufficient
- introductory
- lightweight
- nodding
- offhand
- on the surface
- one-dimensional
- ostensible
- outer
- outline
- outside
- outward
- partial
- passing
- perfunctory
- peripheral
- preliminary
- quick
- quick-fix
- random
- rapid
- sand bar
- scrappy
- seeming
- shallow
- shelf
- shoal
- short
- silly
- sketchy
- skimpy
- skin-deep
- slapdash
- slight
- sloppy
- smattery
- speedy
- summary
- superficial
- surface
- swift
- tip of the iceberg
- top
- trifling
- trivial
- uncritical
- unfinished
- unsound
- vague
- warped
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