Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Diminished in force or effect.
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- adjective
diluted ; containing extrawater - adjective idiomatic
weakened orsimplified
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Examples
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Blauer Heinrich—blue Henry—people called the watered-down milk they’d come to associate with the war, and when the boy drank, he swallowed so hard that Trudi could hear him.
Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994
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Blauer Heinrich—blue Henry—people called the watered-down milk they’d come to associate with the war, and when the boy drank, he swallowed so hard that Trudi could hear him.
Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994
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Blauer Heinrich—blue Henry—people called the watered-down milk they’d come to associate with the war, and when the boy drank, he swallowed so hard that Trudi could hear him.
Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994
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Blauer Heinrich—blue Henry—people called the watered-down milk they’d come to associate with the war, and when the boy drank, he swallowed so hard that Trudi could hear him.
Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994
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Blauer Heinrich—blue Henry—people called the watered-down milk they’d come to associate with the war, and when the boy drank, he swallowed so hard that Trudi could hear him.
Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994
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Though often criticized as offering a “watered-down” version of Christianity, Warren dismisses this critique.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Maybe someone should ask Olympia Snowe whether she would vote for a bill with watered-down protection for pre-existing conditions.
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Negotiating Against Themselves 2010
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It's the danger of indulging Hollywood with a cuddly, watered-down version of Ricky Gervais, who keeps it in its comfort zone.
Danny Groner: Ricky Gervais' Defenders Around the World Danny Groner 2011
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It's the danger of indulging Hollywood with a cuddly, watered-down version of Ricky Gervais, who keeps it in its comfort zone.
Danny Groner: Ricky Gervais' Defenders Around the World Danny Groner 2011
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I absolutely loved the book, but the adaptation tried so hard to be faithful to the source that it ended up a watered-down, incomprehensible mess.
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