Synonyms for shallow

Grammar : Adj

Spell : shal-oh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃæl oʊ

Top 10 synonyms for shallow

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Définition of shallow

Origin : 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.

adj not deep
adj unintelligent, ignorant

Example sentences :

These he drove firmly into the soft bottom of a shallow lake.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

He was in a shallow basin which luckily pointed in the right direction for him.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

The shallow water of the lagoon ran into gold-tipped ripples.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

In every shallow ravine were groves of tree ferns forty feet tall.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

Below this opening was a shallow basin into which the rainwater fell.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

They were blue eyes, blue and shallow as a doll's, and edged with long, fine lashes.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

As such, therefore, they can be read and used to any depth, shallow or profound.
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

I have even at a pinch clubbed them to death in a shallow, land-locked pool.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

Repent, and we will laugh at your penitence as a shallow deception.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

Perhaps I have pictured some few of them as frivolous and shallow.
Extract from : « Priestess of the Flame » by Sewell Peaslee Wright

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