Shallow

Adjective

 * 1) Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
 * This crater is relatively shallow
 * Saute the onions in a shallow pan
 * 1) Extending not far downward.
 * The water is shallow here
 * 1) Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
 * It was a glamorous but shallow lifestyle
 * 1) Lacking interest or substance.
 * The acting is good, but the characters are shallow

Antonyms

 * deep

Noun

 * 1) A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
 * The ship ran aground in an unexpected shallow.

Verb

 * 1) To make or become less deep

Adverbs for Shallow
extremely; pleasantly; safely; scandalously; impracticably; desperately; dangerously; obviously; particularly; sufficiently; fortunately; conveniently; unduly; disappointingly.

Thesaurus
airy, amateur, amateurish, ankle-deep, asinine, bank, bar, birdbrained, birdwitted, catchpenny, coral reef, cursory, dabbling, depthless, dilettante, dilettantish, empty, epidermal, fatuous, featherbrained, few, fill in, fill up, flat, flighty, flimsy, fluffy, foolish, footling, ford, fribble, fribbling, frivolous, frothy, futile, half-assed, half-baked, half-cocked, idle, immature, inane, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, jejune, knee-deep, light, little, low, meager, miniature, negligible, no great shakes, not deep, nugacious, nugatory, on the surface, otiose, petty, picayune, picayunish, reef, sandbank, sandbar, sciolistic, shallow-headed, shallow-minded, shallow-pated, shallow-rooted, shallow-witted, shallows, shelf, shoal, shoal water, shoals, short, silly, silt up, skin-deep, slender, slight, small, smattering, sophomoric, superficial, surface, thin, tidal flats, tiny, trifling, trite, trivial, unimportant, unprofound, vacuous, vain, vapid, volatile, wetlands, windy

Etymology
Origin uncertain; apparently related to sceald.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

 * Arabic: ضحل
 * Basque: azaleko
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: peu profond
 * German: ,


 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: sekls
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, puţin adânc
 * Russian:, неглубокий
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: poco profundo,


 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ondiep
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:
 * Latvian: sekls
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Turkish: sığ


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 膚淺, 肤浅,  淺薄,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: oppervlakkig
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: sekélyes
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian: felszínes,
 * Portuguese: desinteressante
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish:


 * : ondiep (1, 2), oppervlakkig (3, 4)
 * : poco profondo (1, 2); superficiale (3)


 * : 얕은 (yateun)
 * : raso, pouco profundo, superficial
 * : superficial
 * : poco profundo (1, 2); superficial (3,4)
 * : grund
 * : sığ (2, 3, 4)

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ondiepte
 * German:
 * Japanese: 川瀬 (kawase)


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, отмель
 * Scottish Gaelic:

Anagrams

 * hallows