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wishy-washy adjective [ ˈwɪʃɪwɒʃi ]

• (of drink or liquid food) weak; watery.
Similar: watery, weak, watered down, thin, tasteless, flavourless, insipid,
Opposite: thick, flavoursome,
• feeble or insipid in quality or character.
• "a wishy-washy approach won't work"
Similar: feeble, ineffectual, weak, vapid, milk-and-water, effete, spineless, limp, limp-wristed, namby-pamby, half-hearted, spiritless, irresolute, indecisive, wet, pathetic, weak-kneed, pale, insipid, pallid, wan, sickly, half-arsed, half-assed,
Opposite: strong, firm, decisive,
Origin: early 18th century: reduplication of washy.


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