Translations for „wishy-washy“ in the English » German Dictionary

wishy-washy [ˈwɪʃiˌwɒʃi, Am -ˌwɑ:ʃi] ADJ pej

1. wishy-washy (indeterminate):

wishy-washy

lasch

wishy-washy

wischiwaschi pej inf

wishy-washy person

[saft- und] kraftlos

wishy-washy person

farblos

2. wishy-washy (weak and watery):

wishy-washy drink

wässrig

wishy-washy drink

dünn

wishy-washy drink

labberig inf

wishy-washy food

fad[e]

wishy-washy colours

wässrig

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Be sure to choose a proper example, with body (the wishy-washy stuff that masquerades as most pinot grigio will not cope).

www.telegraph.co.uk

But that doesn't excuse all of the wishy-washy behavior.

loveletters.boston.com

A few years ago it was viewed as wishy-washy and of little value.

www.afr.com

They don't try to reconcile the opposites with some middle-ground universal solution that relegates everything to a wishy-washy nothing.

www.odt.co.nz

These have made the site's critiques stand out from the short, wishy-washy ones typical in the music media.

www.popmatters.com

The end result, though unintentional, is wishy-washy parents who lack authority and end up being afraid of their own children.

www.thestar.com

In common with many powerful women, she seems to have something of a weakness for blandly good-looking men with wishy-washy characters to match.

www.independent.co.uk

I hate reading stuff that's wishy-washy and doesn't get to the point.

www.smh.com.au

This has wishy-washy, grey-blue, upright spikes with little charm.

www.telegraph.co.uk

The paper went so far as to write of the vapid, wishy-washy, flatulent quality of the stuff they have manufactured between them.

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