Meanings
nounshallowness (usually uncountable, plural shallownesses)
plural shallownesses
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being shallow; having little depth.
The dimensions of the ships used on this service have always been restricted by the shallowness of the Lymington River, although the Lymington was somewhat larger than her predecessors, and was the first steel vessel built for this service.
1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Dutch oppervlakkigheid
- oppervlakkigheidthe property of being shallow
Finnish mataluus
- mataluusthe property of being shallow
French superficialité
- superficialitéthe property of being shallow
German Oberflächlichkeit, Seichtheit
- Oberflächlichkeitthe property of being shallow
- Seichtheitthe property of being shallow
- Seichtigkeitthe property of being shallow
Hindi उथलापन, छिछलापन
- उथलापन (uthlāpan)the property of being shallow
- छिछलापन (chichlāpan)the property of being shallow
Irish éadoimhneacht, tanaíocht
- éadoimhneachtthe property of being shallow
- tanaíochtthe property of being shallow
- tanalachtthe property of being shallow
Italian bassezza, superficialità
- bassezzathe property of being shallow
- superficialitàthe property of being shallow
Japanese 軽薄
- 軽薄 (keihaku)the property of being shallow
Latvian seklums, seklība
- seklumsthe property of being shallow
- seklībathe property of being shallow
Polish płytkość
- płytkośćthe property of being shallow
Russian пове́рхностность
- пове́рхностность (povérxnostnostʹ)the property of being shallow
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shallowness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shallowness
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“shallowness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shallowness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shallowness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shallowness.
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