shallow

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈʃaləʊ/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈʃæl.oʊ/

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• Hyphenation: shal‧low

Adjective

Positive shallow

Comparative shallower

Superlative shallowest

1. If water, a container, a hole, etc. is shallow, it is a short distance from the top to the bottom.
   • Antonym: deep

   The girl swam at the shallow end of the pool.

2. If you are shallow, you only care about things that are obvious to you, and you never think deeply about the world around you.

   He has no ideas because he's too shallow to worry about it.