Idiom
broad and shallow
Meaning
Associated with the Broad Church; latitudinarian.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“His knowledge of the subject is broad and shallow.”
“The professor criticized the student's essay for being broad and shallow, noting that it lacked the necessary depth of research.”
“While the lecture was intended to be an introduction, the audience found the presentation too broad and shallow to provide any meaningful academic insight.”
Examples
simple
“His knowledge of the subject is broad and shallow.”
contextual
“The professor criticized the student's essay for being broad and shallow, noting that it lacked the necessary depth of research.”
complex
“While the lecture was intended to be an introduction, the audience found the presentation too broad and shallow to provide any meaningful academic insight.”
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