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shallowness

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the property of being shallow

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shallowness \Shal"low*ness\, n. Quality or state of being shallow.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling [syn: superficiality ] [ant: profundity ] the quality of lacking physical depth; "take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive" [ant: deepness ]

Usage examples of shallowness.

It is not the forces of darkness but of shallowness that everywhere threaten the true, and the good, and the beautiful, and that ironically announce themselves as deep and profound.

It is an exuberant and fearless shallowness that everywhere is the modern danger, the modern threat, and that everywhere nonetheless calls to us as savior.

Although these approaches utterly lack any depth, they make up for that in a type of fearless shallowness, the same fearless shallowness that marks the exuberance of Descenders everywhere, that confers great confidence on their reductive pronouncements and makes happy the hand of Thanatos that they so freely wave.

Much ingenuity and readiness were manifested in making this simple arrangement, in which the two workmen were essentially favored by the natural formation of the bank, the indentation in the shore, the shallowness of the water, and the manner in which the tangled bushes dipped into the stream.

Unquestionably, there is a certain shallowness to her, and this is something which dismays me.

Inasmuch as they have frequently decried the shallowness of women who attempted to avoid pregnancy for mere career convenience, however, we are assured of their understanding.