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单词 unprofound
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unprofoundadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnprəˈfaʊnd/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈfaʊnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, profound adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + profound adj.
Not profound; shallow, superficial.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective] > of mind, thought, etc.
feeble1393
weak1423
unsubtlea1500
shallowc1595
uncapacious1635
unprofound1677
shoal1728
rickety1738
sicklya1771
inexcursive1837
no-brow1922
1677 T. Harvey tr. J. Owen Epigrams 89 Thy Wit is round, Or sharp thy Memory: Both unprofound.
1828 L. Hunt Ld. Byron & Some Contemp. 114 M. Beyle,..a very sprightly and sometimes no unprofound writer, has given an excellent sketch of Lord Byron.
a1859 T. De Quincey Posthumous Wks. (1891) I. 26 The joy of an infant, or joy-generation, without significance to an unprofound and common mind.
1958 Philos. Sci. 25 246/2 Such historical atomism can only strike one as unprofound.
2007 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 21 Jan. 26 This very unprofound message [sc. to never give up] is repeatedly pushed at the audience in increasingly heavy-handed ways.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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