shallow
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
shallower;
shallowest
shallower;
shallowest
Britannica Dictionary definition of SHALLOW
[also more shallow; most shallow]
2
disapproving
:
not caring about or involving serious or important things
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Her boyfriends were all shallow creeps.
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She is only interested in shallow [=superficial] things like clothes and money.
3
:
taking in a small amount of air
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opposite deep
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She could only take shallow breaths.
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His breathing became very shallow.
4
sports
:
located near the inside edges of an area
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opposite deep
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(baseball) He hit a fly ball to shallow right field.
— shallowly
adverb-
He was breathing shallowly.
— shallowness
noun [noncount]-
They measured the shallowness of the water.
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She could no longer tolerate his shallowness.
