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depthless

depthless

1 7.3
Not having much feeling or real meaning
  • adjective
  • /ˈdɛpθləs/
translation icon : superficial
  • He turned to me again, his eyes pale gray and depthless.
  • depthless eyes

Examples

  • Terror filled those depthless eyes.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • She glanced at the other woman, who sat watching impassively, her green eyes huge and depthless.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • "Her depthless eyes fixed me there, and held me out.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • His eyes turned depthless, indecipherable.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • They were a strange color: depthless blue, like the sky after sunset.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The sweep of snow had gone gray, depthless, flat, and the sky warned sullenly of night.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Her face was pale and cool-looking in the starlight, and her eyes were depthless.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • I had seen similar eyes before—flat and depthless—on professional soldiers, cops, and killers.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Her eyes were depthless, giving her an expression that was both haunting and mysterious.

  • The ocean seemed depthless under the moonlight, its true depth concealed from view.

Synonyms

shallow
vsdepthless
155 1.6

Not deep from the surface down

is used more widely for lack of thought or detail as well
one-dimensional
vsdepthless
  • Offensive
13 4.8

Simple and not deep or complex

is broader, covering both physical thinness and this simple quality
two-dimensional
vsdepthless
  • Informal
3 5.5

Has no depth or interesting detail

can also mean limited physical measurement, not only poor complexity
lacking in depth
vsdepthless
6.0

Not giving much detail or careful thought

also refers to small physical distance below a surface
bidimensional
vsdepthless
  • Literature
8.3

Simple and not interesting or deep, often about a character

adds that it may describe small physical distance beneath a surface

Antonyms

deep
∞ 1.0

Far down from the surface or top

How Deep

bottomless
12 5.0
deep
332 1.0
depthless
1 7.3

Surface Forms

depthless positive

Morphology

depthless = depth (transparent) = depth + less

Productive combination of the noun 'depth' and the suffix '-less' meaning 'without', so the adjective clearly means 'without depth'.

Etymology

Depthless is made from depth ('how deep something is') and the ending -less ('without'), like in hopeless. So depthless can mean 'without depth' — for example physically shallow or lacking real meaning or feeling.