watered-down

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watered-down

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Adjectivized past participle of water down.

adjective more watered-down · most watered-down · watered down

  1. Containing extra water. Nobody likes watered-down scotch.

    Similar: diluted

  2. colloquial, figuratively Weakened or simplified. They teach a watered-down calculus class for non-majors.

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adj containing extra water

Françaisdilué
Русскийразба́вленный razbávlennyj

adj weakened or simplified

Françaisédulcoré

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@misc{watered_down_2026,
  title = {watered-down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/watered-down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}