'Shallowness' definitions:
Definition of 'shallowness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling [syn: superficiality, shallowness] [ant: profoundness, profundity]
noun
The quality of lacking physical depth; "take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive" [ant: deepness, profoundness, profundity]
Definition of 'Shallowness'
From: GCIDE
- Shallowness \Shal"low*ness\, n. Quality or state of being shallow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shallowness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a little learning,
- absentmindedness,
- amateurism,
- appearance,
- big deal,
- carelessness,
- dilettantism,
- dilettantship,
- disregard,
- disregardfulness,
- distraction,
- emptiness,
- exteriority,
- externality,
- externalness,
- extrinsicality,
- flightiness,
- flimsiness,
- flippancy,
- fluffiness,
- foolishness,
- foreignness,
- frivolity,
- frivolousness,
- frothiness,
- futility,
- giddiness,
- glimmering,
- glimpse,
- half-learning,
- heedlessness,
- idleness,
- imperfect knowledge,
- inadvertence,
- inadvertency,
- inanity,
- inattention,
- inattentiveness,
- inconsideration,
- incuriosity,
- indifference,
- inobservance,
- lack of depth,
- levity,
- lightmindedness,
- lightness,
- manner,
- mien,
- negligence,
- nonobservance,
- nugacity,
- obliviousness,
- openness,
- outerness,
- outward appearance,
- outwardness,
- regardlessness,
- sciolism,
- seeming,
- semi-learning,
- shallow-wittedness,
- silliness,
- slenderness,
- slight knowledge,
- slightness,
- smattering,
- smattering of ignorance,
- smattering of knowledge,
- superficiality,
- surface-scratching,
- thinness,
- thoughtlessness,
- triflingness,
- triteness,
- triviality,
- trivialness,
- unalertness,
- unawareness,
- unconsciousness,
- unheedfulness,
- unintentiveness,
- unmindfulness,
- unobservance,
- unprofoundness,
- unprofundity,
- unwariness,
- unwatchfulness,
- vacuity,
- vague notion,
- vanity,
- vapidity,
- volatility