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Definition of Shallowness

1. Noun. Lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling.

2. Noun. The quality of lacking physical depth. "Take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive"

Definition of Shallowness

1. n. Quality or state of being shallow.

Definition of Shallowness

1. Noun. The property of being shallow. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shallowness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Shallowness

shallow-draft shallow-draught shallow-fry shallow-hearted shallow-waisted shallow breathing shallow copy shallow embedding shallow fording shallowed

shallower shallowest shallowing shallowish shallowly shallowness (current term) shallownesses shallowpate shallowpates shallows

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Literary usage of Shallowness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essays on Astronomy: A Series of Papers on Planets and Meteors, the Sun and by Richard Anthony Proctor (1872)
"... ON THE shallowness OF THE REAL SOLAR ATMOSPHERE. IN my treatise on the Sun I have pointed out at page 192 that the conspicuous nature of the darkening ..."

2. A Reply to the Essay on Population by the Rev. T. R. Malthus: In a Series of by William Hazlitt (1807)
"Their pretensions to solidity of understanding rest on ihe foundation of their own shallowness and levity ; and their gravest demonstrations rise out of the ..."

3. Five Years' Residence in the Canadas: Including a Tour Through Part of the by Edward Allen Talbot (1824)
"... SITUATION—STEAM-BOATS AND THEIR ACCOMMODATIONS shallowness OF THE WATER BETWEEN QUEBEC AND MONTREAL—WRETCHED STATE OF THE QUAYS. i UN the 3d of August, ..."

4. The Englishwoman in Russia: Impressions of the Society and Manners of the by A lady (1855)
"... —shallowness of the river— Archangel—Samo'ides—Their mode of living—A visit to their ... shallowness ..."

5. The Life and Public Services of Horatio Seymour: Together with a Complete by James Dabney McCabo (1868)
"... Republicans upon Governor Seymour—Their shallowness—Mr. Seymour retires to Private Life—The Democratic State Convention—Tribute to President Johnson—Mr. ..."

6. Light from the Cross: Sermons on the Passion of Our Lord by August Tholuck (1858)
"THE HISTORY OF OUR SAVIOUR'S PASSION MAKES MANIFEST IK PILATE TO WHAT A DEGREE THE HUMAN HEART IS CAPABLE OF shallowness AND VANITY. JOHN xviii. 38. ..."

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