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Not exhibiting, requiring, or capable of serious thought

Lacking physical depth

(of a light beam) Low in width or intensity

Not very convincing

Unimportant or insignificant in nature

Smooth and superficially impressive, but typically insincere or shallow

Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor

Small in stature due to having relatively little height

Bearing the characteristics of a simpleton, or someone who is uneducated

Not highly intellectual or cultured

Of, relating to, or located in the waters by a shore

Vague, lacking in detail

Situated near to, or below, the ground, the horizon, or sea level

Suggestive of pretentious materialism

Elementary or narrow in scope or outlook

Having a naive or unsuspecting nature

An area of the sea, a lake, or a river where the water is not very deep

Low-lying land, especially a marsh

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Adjective

Not exhibiting, requiring, or capable of serious thought

one-dimensional

black and white

lacking in sense

devoid of substance

inconsequential

lacking in depth

feather-brained

overly simplified

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“They were both beautiful, popular people and their pairing had only seemed natural to everyone else despite how shallow I thought Mandy was.”

Adjective

Lacking physical depth

“You must lay me in a shallow grave, where the gentle rain and the warm sun may reach me.”

Adjective

(of a light beam) Low in width or intensity

“Spire spun to see a cloaked figure at his side, the solitary lantern casting a shallow beam of light upon the face of Rose Everhart.”

Adjective

Not very convincing

hard to swallow

hard to believe

scarcely credible

difficult to believe

unsubstantiated

won't hold water

open to question

wide of the mark

highly unlikely

out of the question

beyond the bounds of possibility

out of the ordinary

inconsequential

incomprehensible

self-contradictory

not in the least likely

not able to hold water

beyond possibility

lacking substance

sensationalized^US

without substance

sensationalised^UK

imcomprehensible

inapprehensible

highly coloured

beyond one's wildest dreams

extremely implausible

extremely unlikely

extremely doubtful

not understandable

extremely difficult to believe

beyond the realm of reason

not to be thought of

wrongly inferred

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Adjective

Unimportant or insignificant in nature

inconsequential

nickel-and-dime

not worth mentioning

not worth bothering about

of little account

twopenny-halfpenny

of no consequence

of little consequence

of little importance

hardly worth mentioning

of no importance

neither here nor there

not worth speaking of

of no great concern

of no significance

beside the point

of minor importance

unconsequential

of little import

counterproductive

of less importance

no great shakes

in vicious circle

without success

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Adjective

Smooth and superficially impressive, but typically insincere or shallow

Adjective

Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor

tongue-in-cheek

good-humoured^UK

good-humored^US

mincingly clever

quick on the draw

quick on the uptake

pulling one's leg

tongue in cheek

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Adjective

Small in stature due to having relatively little height

miniaturised^UK

miniaturized^US

close to the ground

knee high to a gnat

knee high to a grasshopper

knee-high to a grasshopper

near to the ground

a slip of a …

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Adjective

Bearing the characteristics of a simpleton, or someone who is uneducated

unknowledgeable

uncomprehending

thick as two short planks

slow on the uptake

not the full shilling

without thought

soft in the head

unsophisticated

as thick as two short planks

wet behind the ears

as green as grass

a brick short of a load

two sandwiches short of a picnic

dead from the neck up

feather-brained

lacking seriousness

not intelligent

mentally deficient

mentally handicapped

incomprehensible

foolishly stupid

lacking knowledge

not quite right

non compos mentis

out of one's gourd

devoid of intelligence

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Adjective

Superficial

two-dimensional

Adjective

Not highly intellectual or cultured

Adjective

Of, relating to, or located in the waters by a shore

Adjective

Vague, lacking in detail

on the back of an envelope

blurred round the edges

impressionistic

almost accurate

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Adjective

Situated near to, or below, the ground, the horizon, or sea level

below sea level

Adjective

Suggestive of pretentious materialism

Adjective

Elementary or narrow in scope or outlook

unsophisticated

dyed-in-the-wool

neighbourhood^UK

neighborhood^US

individualistic

ultra-conservative

set in one's ways

ultraconservative

paleoconservative

traditionalistic

archconservative

set in your ways

set in one's opinions

fixed in one's views

stick-in-the-mud

middle-of-the-road

prim and proper

of the old school

schoolmistressy

right of center

backward-looking

counterrevolutionary

counter-revolutionary

conventionalist

stick in the mud

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Adjective

Having a naive or unsuspecting nature

unsophisticated

like a babe in the woods

wet behind the ears

as green as grass

easily taken in

easily deceived

unknowledgeable

lacking experience

unfamiliar with

not dry behind ears

slow on the uptake

nonprofessional

indiscriminating

readily swallowing whole

readily taken in

readily falling for

honest-to-goodness

prone to superstition

uncomprehending

thick as two short planks

not the full shilling

as thick as two short planks

a brick short of a load

two sandwiches short of a picnic

dead from the neck up

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Noun

An area of the sea, a lake, or a river where the water is not very deep

“The boy was standing in the shallow of the river and a fishing net was in his hands.”

Noun

Low-lying land, especially a marsh

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