Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
watered-down
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
version
▪ He is the only major figure offering an alternative party programme which is not a watered-down version of Mrs Thatcher's.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The House approved a watered-down version of the bill in November.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Courses should not be watered-down linguistics.
▪ He is the only major figure offering an alternative party programme which is not a watered-down version of Mrs Thatcher's.
▪ It has to be understood that the general and critical does not mean the vague, the watered-down, or the journalistic.
Wiktionary
watered-down
a. 1 diluted; containing extra water 2 (context idiomatic English) weakened or simplified alt. 1 diluted; containing extra water 2 (context idiomatic English) weakened or simplified
Usage examples of "watered-down".
You could order greasy gyros, watered-down sugary juice, or toxic coffee, and a purchase bought you a chance to lean at the counter while you consumed it.
A half glass of watered-down lemonade stood on her worktable near a clever, sly sketch of a flying frog.
As it is the screens turn their blind eyes towards him, so he has to make do with the real thing, just a slice of it, tangerine, then flamingo, then watered-down blood, then strawberry ice cream, off to the side of where the sun must be.