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shallower

shallower is the comparative form of shallow.

Meaning of shallow

Adjective

shallow (comparative shallower or more shallow, superlative shallowest or most shallow)

  1. Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
    • This crater is relatively shallow.
  2. Extending not far downward.
    • The water is shallow here.
  3. Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
    • It was a glamorous but shallow lifestyle.
  4. Lacking interest or substance; flat; one-dimensional.
    • The acting is good, but the characters are shallow.
  5. Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
    • shallow learning
    Synonyms:
    skin-deep
  6. (obsolete) Not deep in tone.
    • the sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

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Questions about shallower

What is shallower the comparative form of?
Shallower is the comparative form of shallow.

Words near shallower in the dictionary

  1. shallow-waisted
  2. shallow-witted
  3. shallow-wittedness
  4. Shallowater
  5. shallowed
  6. shallower
  7. shallowest
  8. shallowfake
  9. shallowfakes
  10. shallowhearted
  11. shallowheartedness

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