wishy-washiness
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wish·y-wash·y
(wĭsh′ē-wŏsh′ē, -wô′shē)adj. wish·y-wash·i·er, wish·y-wash·i·est Informal
1.
a. Irresolute or indecisive: a wishy-washy supervisor who can't decide what to do.
b. Lacking in purpose; weak or ineffective: a wishy-washy response to the criticism.
2. Thin and watery, as tea or soup.
[Reduplication of washy, thin, watery, from wash.]
wish′y-wash′i·ness n.
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wishy-washiness
nounInformal. The state or quality of being insipid:
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wishy-washiness
n (of coffee, soup) → Labberigkeit f, → Wässrigkeit f; (of person, character) → saft- und kraftlose Art, Farblosigkeit f, → Laschheit f; (of colour) → Verwaschenheit f; (of argument) → Schwachheit f; the wishy-washiness of this report → das allgemeine Geschwätz (inf) → in diesem Bericht
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