shallow-waisted (C1)
adjective
Definition
Shallow-waisted means having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; said of a vessel.
Examples
The writer described the response as shallow-waisted.
A shallow-waisted tone can change the mood of a conversation.
How to Use shallow-waisted
- shallow-waisted + noun (collocation)
- Use shallow-waisted before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a shallow-waisted reaction."
- become shallow-waisted (collocation)
- Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became shallow-waisted near the end."
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