Meaning & use
shallow
Having little depth, either physically or in terms of thought, feeling, or seriousness.
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The children splashed safely in the shallow end of the pool.
Critics dismissed the film's plot as shallow, lacking any real emotional depth.
A note on using this word
Shallow describes both literal depth (shallow water) and figurative lack of depth in a person's character or a piece of work.
Words with a similar meaning
superficialsurface-level
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