depthlessness
Absence of depth
Depthlessness is the quality of lacking depth—physical, intellectual, or emotional.
A puddle has depthlessness; so does a shallow person or a vapid conversation.
The word often carries criticism: The depthlessness of the film surprised no one who'd seen the director's previous work.
It can also describe surfaces that offer no sense of dimension or perspective.
Absence of meaningful depth
- skin-deepAffecting only the surface
- trivialLacking significance or weight
- simplisticExcessively basic, ignoring complexity
- cursoryHasty and incomplete
facile · glib · unexamined · incurious · shallow · surface-level · pedestrian · lightweight
Without legal effect
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- hollownessState of being empty inside
- vacuityUtter emptiness or blankness
- blanknessState of being empty
nothingness · insubstantiality · nihil · negation · nonexistence · vacantness · barrenness · meaninglessness
Decorative outer layer
- glossShine or annotation
- superficialityAbsence of meaningful depth
- appearanceOutward visible form
- cosmeticSurface-level appearance enhancer
mask · polish · sheen · exterior · surface · pretense · show · front
Having only two axes
- planarOf a flat surface
- featurelessHaving no distinguishing marks
- unvaryingRemaining the same always
- monotoneSingle unvarying pitch
uniform · homogeneous · affectless · dimensionless · unmodulated · even · smooth · undifferentiated
superficiality
Absence of meaningful depth
- skin-deepAffecting only the surface
- trivialLacking significance or weight
- simplisticExcessively basic, ignoring complexity
cursory · facile · glib · unexamined · incurious · shallow · surface-level · pedestrian · lightweight · frivolous
void
Without legal effect
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- hollownessState of being empty inside
- vacuityUtter emptiness or blankness
blankness · nothingness · insubstantiality · nihil · negation · nonexistence · vacantness · barrenness · meaninglessness · vapidity
veneer
Decorative outer layer
- glossShine or annotation
- superficialityAbsence of meaningful depth
- appearanceOutward visible form
cosmetic · mask · polish · sheen · exterior · surface · pretense · show · front · outward
two-dimensional
Having only two axes
- planarOf a flat surface
- featurelessHaving no distinguishing marks
- unvaryingRemaining the same always
monotone · uniform · homogeneous · affectless · dimensionless · unmodulated · even · smooth · undifferentiated · one-note
- postmodernismdeconstruction, metafiction, hyperreality, pastiche, metanarrative
- vastnessexpanse, immensity, infinity, boundlessness, limitlessness
- critical theorydeconstruction, Marxism, feminism, simulacrum, postcolonialism
depthlessnessdepth
Distance below surface
profundity · profoundness · substance · meaningfulness · richness
depthlessnessdepth
Distance below surface
deepness · profundity · bottomlessness · fathomlessness · dimensionality
depth, deepen, deepens, deepened, deepening, deeply, deepness, depths, depthless