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adjective

Definition of watered-downnext
as in adulterated

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watered down

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verb

past tense of water down
as in diluted
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances watered down the cocktails while jacking up their prices

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watered-down
  1. adulterated
  2. diluted
  3. loaded
  4. infected
  5. cut
Adjective
  • The company in 2020 pleaded guilty to distributing adulterated ice-cream products and agreed to pay a fine over the outbreak.
    Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2023
  • And while most of those overdoses involved the illicit synthetic opioid fentanyl, experts say that an adulterated and contaminated drug supply is also leading to deaths.
    Nadia Kounang, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
Definition of adulterated
Verb
  • The influx of settlers and tourists displaced Native Hawaiians, limited their access to land, and diluted their cultural heritage, according to academics.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • However, this protein content gets diluted when they're used to make almond milk, as the final product is primarily water.
    Jonathan Purtell, Verywell Health, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of diluted
Verb
  • A day after Gary Sanchez struck out with the bases loaded in the first inning of an ALCS loss to the Houston Astros, Gil called in to contend Yankees manager Aaron Boone should have pinch hit for the catcher.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Considering how loaded the West is, adding Butler to the mix could be the difference between being truly competitive or seeing another early playoff exit.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of loaded
Verb
  • Typically, an infected person will develop symptoms between 12 to 48 hours after being infected.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Those wounds never healed and became infected, another common complication of diabetes.
    Aaron Bolton, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of infected
Verb
  • Despite barely being old enough to attend kindergarten, Cole was already cutting his teeth with a game that some have deemed to be the hardest of all time.
    Patricia Hernandez, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Averaging 20 points per game in December was not cutting it.
    Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of cut
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