watering down

verb

Definition of watering downnext
present participle of water down
as in diluting
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 watering down
  1. diluting
  2. loading
  3. polluting
  4. thinning
  5. infecting
  6. poisoning
Verb
  • Losing sight of the big picture and diluting the purpose of the company is an imminent risk.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, not diluting it at all.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of diluting
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  • The students were seen on security footage from November 11 loading the refrigerators into their vehicles.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Very often, a gunner isn't sure about exactly which ammunition will be needed on a particular mission, so erring on the side of caution means loading up with more than one kind in the feed belt, just in case an armor-piercing round is needed instead of shrapnel.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of loading
Verb
  • This event came days after the United Nations failed to agree on a treaty in Busan, South Korea, limiting plastic waste polluting the planet.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • What on earth to do about all the plastic polluting the oceans, the food supply, even our bodies?
    Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of polluting
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  • Specially formulated for thinning hair, this shampoo cleanser, recommended by dermatologist Candace Spann, MD, founder of ReTress, counts rosemary among its list of hair- and scalp-boosting ingredients, alongside ceramides and peptides.
    Lisa DeSantis, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Gel color is more potent and thicker than liquid color, and can offer deep color without thinning the consistency of the icing.
    Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of thinning
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  • As the sugars on cow cells resemble those of birds more closely than those of humans, the virus would still needs to adapt its HA protein to get better at infecting people.
    Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The trick is luring users into infecting their devices with malicious downloads.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of infecting
Verb
  • These are people who are here in this country, who have been murdering, raping, poisoning our citizens.
    NBC News, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Environmental, climate and health issues Some in this California beach town insist the Tijuana River is poisoning them.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of poisoning
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