shallow-hearted

See also: shallowhearted

English

Alternative forms

shallowhearted

Etymology

shallow +‎ hearted

Adjective

shallow-hearted (comparative more shallow-hearted, superlative most shallow-hearted)

Frivolous, incapable of deep feeling.
- c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
  What, what, ye sanguine, shallow-hearted boys!

Derived terms

shallow-heartedly
shallow-heartedness

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