The phrase "shallow attempt" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a half-hearted or insincere effort or action. For example: - "The politician's promise to address climate change was just a shallow attempt to win votes." - "Her apology seemed like a shallow attempt to avoid getting in trouble." - "His compliments were nothing more than a shallow attempt to impress her."
"In a shallow attempt to show concern for the middle class, Mitt Romney told CNN today he's not concerned about the very poor," the ad said.
It's a shame that some of the sceptics have had to take this rather shallow attempt to discredit robust science undertaken by some of the world's most respected scientists.
In a shallow attempt to show concern for the middle class, Mitt Romney told CNN today he's not concerned about the very poor.
The recently concluded season three appeared to be a publicity machine for various MTV properties and a shallow attempt to maintain viewership.
"Often times I feel there is a shallow attempt to explore blackness so it was important for me to incorporate artists from across generations.
"Warners' refusal to acknowledge Plaintiffs' participation rights is nothing more than a shallow attempt to deprive Plaintiffs of their fair and previously agreed to share of revenue from Warner's exploitation of The Hobbit book," they said in the complaint.
"All right, let's get back to the music!" She sang "Umbrella," and I thought about how many times I've used that song — or used music, or the fact of being at a music festival — to escape my discouragement about the state of the world, and my shallow attempts to do good within it.
At the same time, plenty of these programs operate from the top down — meaning they're bursting at the seams with white-savior-complex undertones — or merely making shallow attempts at boosting a company's corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Clients can read through shallow attempts of grandeur.
Work began the following year, but all three of the shallow drilling attempts failed to locate oil due to the shifting sands and unstable clay under the hill.
He has been described as populist, labelled as both "extreme right" and far-right, and defended by others as a mainstream politician with legitimate concerns saying that such labels are shallow smear attempts.
