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n. - Lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling; The quality of lacking physical depth.

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  • Take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive
  • I perceive a certain shallowness to the "save the lake" movement here.
  • "I perceive a certain shallowness to the" save the lake "movement here." uj
  • The praiser quipped that "shallowness is under rated", and this is what I cling to.
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