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watered-down

(also

watered down

) 1 adjective diluted with watercaolaithe c m utanaithe c m uit tasted watered-down bhí blas tanaithe air, bhí blas air ionann is go raibh uisce tríd 2 adjective weakened, less powerfulmaolaithe c m uit was a very watered-down version of the original proposal leagan an-mhaolaithe den chéad mholadh a bhí ann, ní raibh ann ach sop in áit na scuaibe le taobh an chéad mholta

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he watered down the soup chuir sé uisce tríd an anraith, thanaigh sé an sú
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she watered my whiskey down chuir sí uisce trí mo chuid uisce beatha, bhaist sí mo chuid fuisce
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the wording was watered down by the government mhaolaigh an rialtas an fhoclaíocht

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