Ah, the shallowness of today’s youths!
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Shallowness
Synonyms for "shallowness" (104 found)
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Strong matches (31)
Related words (52)
much ado about nothingnegligencenonobservancenugacityobliviousnessopennessouternessoutward appearanceoutwardnesspinprickregardlessnessrindsciolismscratchseemingsemi-learningshallow-wittednesssillinessskinslenderness
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slight knowledgeslightnesssmatteringsmattering of ignorancesmattering of knowledgesurfacesurface-scratchingtempest in a teapotthinnessthoughtlessnesstriflingnesstritenesstrivialitytrivialnessunalertnessunawarenessunconsciousnessunheedfulnessunintentivenessunmindfulnessunobservanceunprofoundnessunprofundityunwarinessunwatchfulnessvacuityvague notionvanityvapidityveneervolatility
Noun(1 words)
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Translations
22 translations across 14 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- oppervlakkigheid noun (the property of being shallow)
Finnish
1 entries- mataluus noun (the property of being shallow)
French
1 entries- superficialité noun (the property of being shallow)
German
3 entries- Oberflächlichkeit noun (the property of being shallow)
- Seichtheit noun (the property of being shallow)
- Seichtigkeit noun (the property of being shallow)
Hindi
2 entries- उथलापन noun (the property of being shallow)
- छिछलापन noun (the property of being shallow)
Ingrian
1 entries- matalus noun (the property of being shallow)
Irish
3 entries- tanalacht noun (the property of being shallow)
- tanaíocht noun (the property of being shallow)
- éadoimhneacht noun (the property of being shallow)
Italian
2 entries- bassezza noun (the property of being shallow)
- superficialità noun (the property of being shallow)
Japanese
1 entries- 軽薄 noun (the property of being shallow)
Latvian
2 entries- seklums noun (the property of being shallow)
- seklība noun (the property of being shallow)
Manx
1 entries- aaghiunid noun (the property of being shallow)
Polish
1 entries- płytkość noun (the property of being shallow)
Russian
1 entries- пове́рхностность noun (the property of being shallow)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- plítkōst noun (the property of being shallow)
- пли́тко̄ст noun (the property of being shallow)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
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