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wishy-washy
[ wish-ee-wosh-ee, -waw-shee ]
adjective
- lacking in decisiveness; without strength or character; irresolute.
- washy or watery, as a liquid; thin and weak.
wishy-washy
/ ˈwɪʃɪˌwɒʃɪ /
adjective
- lacking in substance, force, colour, etc
- watery; thin
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Derived Forms
- ˈwishy-ˌwashiness, noun
- ˈwishy-ˌwashily, adverb
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Other Words From
- wishy-washi·ly adverb
- wishy-washi·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wishy-washy1
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Example Sentences
But his Republican party in Washington considers this conservative too wishy-washy to be prime GOP material.
That these terms happen, however, to be such wishy-washy ones—"cute, interesting, zany"—seems depressing.
Were his wishy-washy answers in the debate merely an attempt to fool the center into voting for an Islamist candidate?
"The idea seemed really wishy-washy at first, but as I got more religious it began to make sense," he says.
A man with a feeble, wishy-washy expression holds by each hand a fierce, but subjugated tiger.
Utterly opposed to any such wishy-washy settlement of our national difficulties, I vote "no."
None of the wishy-washy tittle-tattle interested me, in fact.
Annie is rather sentimental and wishy-washy in her compositions, willowy maidens in the moonlight with garlands of flowers.
Its views are Liberal-Conservative, and wishy-washy; its principal concern to remain in office.
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