lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; shallow water; a shallow dish; a shallow cut; a shallow closet; established a shallow beachhead; hit the ball to shallow left field'
not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; shallow breathing; a night of shallow fretful sleep; in a shallow trance'
shallow (adj.)
a stretch of shallow water
[ Syn: shoal ]
shallow (n.)
lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; shallow people; his arguments seemed shallow and tedious'