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Shallow Pronunciation
Shallow is pronounced SHA-loh, IPA /ˈʃæloʊ/.
SHA-loh
US /ˈʃæloʊ/ · UK /ˈʃæləʊ/
Syllables: SHA · loh (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
adjective: Not deep, or lacking serious thought.
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Shallow in a Sentence
- The water is shallow enough to wade across.
- Dig a shallow trench along the fence.
- It was a shallow argument and nobody was convinced.
Common Mispronunciations of Shallow
Not shuh-LOH
Shallow is loud at the front, and the ow at the end is an unstressed oh.
Not SHA-low rhyming with cow
That ow ending gives oh, as it does in follow and borrow, and never the ow of now.
Tip: Shallow and shadow rhyme, and only the middle consonant tells them apart.
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