"watered-down" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-watered-down.ogg [Australia] Forms: more watered-down [comparative], most watered-down [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} watered-down (comparative more watered-down, superlative most watered-down)
  1. Diluted; containing extra water. Translations (Diluted): rozwodniony (Polish), разба́вленный (razbávlennyj) (Russian), urvattnad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-watered-down-en-adj-wZH3TnwX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'Diluted': 95 5
  2. (colloquial, figurative) Weakened or simplified Tags: colloquial, figuratively
    Sense id: en-watered-down-en-adj-wLhOfLSO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: watered down Related terms: water down

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      "sense": "Diluted",
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