Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - shallow

(shallower, shallowest) 1. A shallow container, hole, or area of water measures only a short distance from the top to the bottom. Put the milk in a shallow dish... The water is quite shallow for some distance. ? deep ADJ 2. If you describe a person, piece of work, or idea as shallow, you disapprove of them because they do not show or involve any serious or careful thought. I think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy... ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 3. If your breathing is shallow, you take only a very small amount of air into your lungs at each breath. She began to hear her own taut, shallow breathing. ? deep ADJ