Sentence examples for a shallow work from inspiring English sources

It is a shallow work, a shallow masterpiece.

In his book by the same name, Newport writes, "Deep work is to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task, and shallow work describes activities that are more logistical in nature, that don't require intense concentration".

Morgan roguishly flirts with Meg and invites the couple to the ritzy launch party for his latest shallow work of pop philosophy, an event that lights the blue touchpaper under the rocket of their marital despair.

Those tools prioritize shallow work over deep — and that presents an opportunity, Newport writes, for those who can swim out to the deep end.

Only shallow work is possible, he said, because the Lebanese are always trying to escape themselves.

Shallow work — answering e-mails, say — is something you can pick up and put down; deep work — writing an article, solving a math problem — requires sustained, uninterrupted, and intense periods of concentration.

Playing email Ping-Pong with colleagues is shallow work.

Newport recommends people discuss the appropriate ratio of deep and shallow work with their employers.

Fielke (1994 and 1996) found that for shallow working low rake angle tools the cutting edge geometry of a tillage tool has a major effect on tillage forces and soil movement.

"A modern philosopher who has never experienced the feeling of being a charlatan is such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading," he writes.

Neck-deep on a shallow shore seems to work well.