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shallowness

NOUN

commonplace

Synonyms

STRONG

banality bromide chestnut corn inanity motto platitude prose shibboleth stereotype tag triteness

WEAK

cliché prosaicism prosaism rubber-stamp triviality truism

Antonyms

STRONG

coinage nuance

NOUN

frivolity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

levity

STRONG

flightiness flippancy flirting flummery folly frippery frivolousness fun gaiety game giddiness jest lightheartedness lightness nonsense play puerility sport superficiality toying trifling triviality volatility whimsicality whimsy

WEAK

coquetting dallying fribble

Antonyms

STRONG

sadness seriousness understanding work

WEAK

sensibility wiseness

NOUN

ignorance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

illiteracy nescience

STRONG

benightedness darkness lack of education sciolism unenlightenment unfamiliarity

WEAK

callowness crudeness empty-headedness half-knowledge ineducation inscience naïveté rawness simplicity uncouthness

Antonyms

STRONG

erudition understanding

WEAK

competence cultivation education experience intelligence knowledge literacy wisdom

NOUN

nescience

Synonyms

STRONG

bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity oblivion obliviousness obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism simplicity unawareness unconsciousness uncouthness unenlightenment unfamiliarity vagueness

WEAK

benightedness empty-headedness half-knowledge illiterateness inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness

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STRONG

cognizance understanding

NOUN

obliviousness

Synonyms

STRONG

bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity nescience oblivion obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism simplicity unawareness unconsciousness uncouthness unenlightenment unfamiliarity vagueness

WEAK

benightedness empty-headedness half-knowledge inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness

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STRONG

cognizance understanding

NOUN

stupidity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absurdity apathy idiocy ignorance lunacy nonsense silliness

STRONG

asininity fatuity fatuousness imbecility imprudence incapacity ineptitude injudiciousness insensibility obtuseness puerility simplicity slowness sluggishness stolidity stupefaction stupor weakness

WEAK

battiness brainlessness doltishness feeble-mindedness nitwittedness stupidness thick-headedness weak-mindedness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

intelligence sense

WEAK

acumen canniness judgment shrewdness wisdom

NOUN

thinness

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STRONG

delicacy emaciation fineness gauntness inadequacy meagerness rarity scantiness slimness spareness sparseness tenuity

WEAK

incompactness subtilization subtilty

Antonyms

WEAK

avoirdupois fatness solidity thickness

NOUN

unawareness

Synonyms

STRONG

bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity nescience oblivion obliviousness obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism simplicity unconsciousness uncouthness unenlightenment unfamiliarity vagueness

WEAK

benightedness empty-headedness half-knowledge inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness

Antonyms

STRONG

cognizance understanding

NOUN

unconsciousness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

oblivion

STRONG

bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity nescience obliviousness obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism simplicity unawareness uncouthness unenlightenment unfamiliarity vagueness

WEAK

benightedness empty-headedness half-knowledge inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness

Antonyms

STRONG

cognizance understanding

NOUN

unfamiliarity

Synonyms

STRONG

bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity nescience oblivion obliviousness obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism simplicity unawareness unconsciousness uncouthness unenlightenment vagueness

WEAK

benightedness empty-headedness half-knowledge inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness

Antonyms

STRONG

cognizance understanding

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Parr died in early December aged 73, having spent his life documenting Britain and the world with an unflinching eye that often captured the absurdity and shallowness of modern existence.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

This shallowness means that such quakes can cause more noticeable and potentially damaging ground movement.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

But this is a lesson on the shallowness of corporate character.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

Whatever contributed to the shallowness with which Wi’s character and others were written before is somewhat ameliorated in the second season.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2024

“Don’t let the shallowness fool you,” Moody had told Pearl.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

shallowness

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