Usually means: Diluted, weakened in intensity or content.
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  1. watered-down: Merriam-Webster
  2. watered-down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. watered-down: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. watered-down, watered-down: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Watered-Down, Watered-down, watered-down: Wordnik
  6. watered-down: Wiktionary
  7. watered-down: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. watered-down: Dictionary.com
  9. watered-down: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See water_down as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Diluted; containing extra water.
adjective:  (colloquial, figurative) Weakened or simplified

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