watered-down

Blauer Heinrich—blue Henry—people called the watered-down milk they’d come to associate with the war, and when the boy drank, he swallowed so hard that Trudi could hear him.

Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994

Blauer Heinrich—blue Henry—people called the watered-down milk they’d come to associate with the war, and when the boy drank, he swallowed so hard that Trudi could hear him.

Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994

Blauer Heinrich—blue Henry—people called the watered-down milk they’d come to associate with the war, and when the boy drank, he swallowed so hard that Trudi could hear him.

Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994

Blauer Heinrich—blue Henry—people called the watered-down milk they’d come to associate with the war, and when the boy drank, he swallowed so hard that Trudi could hear him.

Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994

Blauer Heinrich—blue Henry—people called the watered-down milk they’d come to associate with the war, and when the boy drank, he swallowed so hard that Trudi could hear him.

Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994

Though often criticized as offering a “watered-down” version of Christianity, Warren dismisses this critique.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Maybe someone should ask Olympia Snowe whether she would vote for a bill with watered-down protection for pre-existing conditions.

Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Negotiating Against Themselves 2010

It's the danger of indulging Hollywood with a cuddly, watered-down version of Ricky Gervais, who keeps it in its comfort zone.

Danny Groner: Ricky Gervais' Defenders Around the World Danny Groner 2011

It's the danger of indulging Hollywood with a cuddly, watered-down version of Ricky Gervais, who keeps it in its comfort zone.

Danny Groner: Ricky Gervais' Defenders Around the World Danny Groner 2011

I absolutely loved the book, but the adaptation tried so hard to be faithful to the source that it ended up a watered-down, incomprehensible mess.

Who botches the Watchmen? 2009