shallowness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SHAL'LOWNESS, noun 1. Want of depth; small depth; as the shallowness of water, of a river, of a stream. 2. Superficialness of intellect; want of power to enter deeply into subjects; emptiness; stillness.
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