callow vs shallow
Definitions
adjective
- young and inexperienced
Examples
Wenger, however, prefers to invest in promise rather than experience, and at this juncture the consequence of a persistent collective callowness is that while his club may have a waiting list of 40,000 for their season tickets, the empty seats in the middle and upper tiers last night spoke of the dissatisfaction of those among their supporters who do not subscribe to the doctrine of keeping the faith through thick and thin.
Enforcing the isolation of this callow and callous ruler is the least that a humane and pacific foreign policy must aim for.
He said the company had always had two move workers between the two bases depending on where the work was, but now circumstances dictated closure of the Scalloway workshop for the time being.
Definitions
verb
- make shallow
- become shallow
noun
- a stretch of shallow water
adjective
- lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
- lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
- not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
Examples
This was followed by a level stretch of grassy scree which leads to the crux, a steep shallow chimney, well marked by crampon scratches.
Architecturally they incorporate the low roofs, polygonal towers and shallow, semicircular domes of the Byzantine mode.
Place in a shallow dish and squeeze over lemon juice, then drizzle over oil.
