wishy-washy

Speech parts

1. wishy-washy - Noun

2. wishy-washy - Adjective

3. wishy-washy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless.

A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.

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Given Weber’s wishy-washy history with letting go of his exes, would the bachelor consider getting back together with Hannah Ann? Source: Internet

Once prime minister, Turnbull was no longer able to act or behave in accordance with his own ideologies and his progressive climate change stance publicly crumbled, with wishy-washy platitudes such as the one after the 2018 Tathra fires. Source: Internet

I remember back in the 1970s when Republicans laughed at Jimmy Carter as being indecisive and wishy-washy. Source: Internet

A friend asked if I liked Caribbean cuisine, and I gave a wishy-washy answer: “It depends.” Source: Internet

But it was actually a weird sense of relief that, despite the wishy-washy app performance, the service I'd enlisted to do my hair up was so in-demand, I had lost an appointment slot. Source: Internet

The campaigners cannot call African witchcraft by its name: superstition, and in effect, they prosecute wishy-washy, lackluster enlightenment programs that paper over the problem. Source: Internet

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