watered-down

Adjective

Meaning

Diluted; containing extra water.
Nobody likes watered-down scotch.

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

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Black marketeer Harry Lime faked his death in post-World War Two Vienna in a bid to shake off the occupying armies hunting him for selling lethal watered-down penicillin. Source: Internet

For example, the Bourbaki group adopted a watered-down and selective version of it as adequate to the requirements of their twin projects of (a) writing encyclopedic foundational works, and (b) supporting the axiomatic method as a research tool. Source: Internet

The Mi Watch Lite is likely to be the watered-down version of the in China starting at CNY 1,299 (roughly Rs. Source: Internet

Pyatnitsa looks like your run-of-the-mill provincial bar plying watered-down gin & tonics and rum & cokes on unsuspecting customers. Source: Internet

In the version you cite, the watered-down “darn” is being used in place of “damn” as a milder word for the curse. Source: Internet

In the watered-down version, it meant marrying the adoring husband and having his bright-eyed children, all while managing a successful career (and, of course, looking beautiful to boot). Source: Internet

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