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adjective

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as in adulterated

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watered down

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verb

past tense of water down
as in diluted
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances watered down the cocktails while jacking up their prices

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watered-down
  1. adulterated
  2. diluted
  3. loaded
  4. infected
  5. cut
Adjective
  • The company in 2020 pleaded guilty to distributing adulterated ice-cream products and agreed to pay a fine over the outbreak.
    Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2023
  • And while most of those overdoses involved the illicit synthetic opioid fentanyl, experts say that an adulterated and contaminated drug supply is also leading to deaths.
    Nadia Kounang, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
Definition of adulterated
Verb
  • Their small stake will get diluted to almost nothing, even if the company becomes successful.
    Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Choi family’s stake was divided among his five sons and got diluted.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Asia, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of diluted
Verb
  • Typically containers can be loaded directly from ships onto trucks, but they are also often stacked on port grounds waiting to be picked up and moved.
    Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The engineering—sky-high bridges, long tunnels in which passenger cars are loaded onto trains—is impressive, but the views are what seal the deal.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of loaded
Verb
  • Finally, and perhaps most relevant to my own investigation, the study also found that women tend to have lower viral loads than men when infected with the same bugs, meaning that their symptoms would naturally be less severe.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Your ears can become infected with bacteria and viruses, causing inflammation or infection and affecting your hearing and balance.
    Rachael Zimlich, BSN, RN, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of infected
Verb
  • With the extra attacker out, Fabian Zetterlund scored a power-play goal with 26 seconds left in regulation time to cut the Rangers lead to 3-2, but the Sharks could not find the equalizer.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • European countries, meanwhile, have some of the world’s strictest targets to cut emissions by 2030 — but have also secured new gas supplies following Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
    Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of cut
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