Used in a Sentence

watered-down

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for watered-down.

Editorial note

It's basically encouraging people to become offended more easily, and turns straightforward easy-to-understand conversations into watered-down vague doublespeak-ish verbiage.

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Quick take

Diluted; containing extra water.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Diluted; containing extra water.

adjective

(colloquial, figurative) Weakened or simplified

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for watered-down.

adjective

Diluted; containing extra water.

adjective

(colloquial, figurative) Weakened or simplified

Example sentences

1

It's basically encouraging people to become offended more easily, and turns straightforward easy-to-understand conversations into watered-down vague doublespeak-ish verbiage.

2

But as others have pointed out, the market eventually catches up and discounts the watered-down traffic.

3

However, it doesn't seem like the watered-down quality ever equates to much of a watered-down price; there are many mediocre private colleges that are 75% of the tuition cost of a top-tier school, not to mention out-of-state tuition rates at public universities.

4

It was a watered-down inter-corporate Détente.

5

Also, with unlimited money available to marginal students, the market expands to provide supply for that demand, and schools of marginal quality cater to the marginal students, offering watered-down programs.

6

If you're into building such site, one thing missing from most technology stories is an in-depth explanations(or even smart analysis by the right bloggers) about the technology and how it works, and not the watered-down stuff that usually goes around.

Quote examples

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To this day, most "security professionals" have no clue that there existed hardware & software systems so resistant to compromise that NSA's red teams gave up on even watered-down versions of them.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use watered-down in a sentence?

It's basically encouraging people to become offended more easily, and turns straightforward easy-to-understand conversations into watered-down vague doublespeak-ish verbiage.

What does watered-down mean?

Diluted; containing extra water.

What part of speech is watered-down?

watered-down is commonly used as adjective.