1.
[syn: superficiality, shallowness]
2. the quality of lacking physical depth;
- Example: "take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shallowness \Shal"low*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being shallow.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shallowness
n 1: lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling [syn:
superficiality, shallowness] [ant: profoundness,
profundity]
2: the quality of lacking physical depth; "take into account the
shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive" [ant:
deepness, profoundness, profundity]