milk-and-water

adjective

ˈmilk-ən(d)-ˈwȯ-tər How to pronounce milk-and-water (audio)
Definition of milk-and-waternext
1
as in bland
lacking in qualities that make for spirit and character a milk-and-water campaign speech that most likely did not inspire a single person

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2
as in weak
lacking strength of will or character we need to elect a leader with a bold vision, not someone who's been a milk-and-water yes-man all his life

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milk-and-water
  1. bland
  2. weak
  3. boring
  4. soft
  5. watery
  6. insipid
  7. banal
  8. dull
Adjective
  • So while the photography is lovely and the horses are impressive, the show devolves into hour after hour of similar scenes and bland drama.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Leaning too heavily on AI often leads to efforts that can seem technical and impersonal, full of bland phrasing and generic messaging.
    Antony Robinson, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of bland
Adjective
  • Other checks on Trump’s policy will also be far weaker.
    Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Each endpoint can be assessed to sniff out weak points.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of weak
Adjective
  • Most of this long flashback segment is pretty boring, though.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Toyota and Honda have at times been called boring: Honda by its own engineers, Toyota more famously by a chairman descended from the company’s founder.
    Robert Ferris, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of boring
Adjective
  • Manu San Felix / National Geographic The Solomon Islands have the world’s second-highest coral diversity, with more than 490 species of hard and soft corals.
    Peter Guo, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The decrease is attributed to a reduction in overall volume for OEM customers and a general reduction in demand for orthopedic soft bracing products.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of soft
Adjective
  • It's all set against a brutal, beautiful, watery landscape.
    The Week US, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Earth’s earliest forms of calcite, for example, developed through the watery alteration of meteorites; microbes then began to build other calcite structures 2.5 billion years ago, whereas snails and clams created new combinations beginning only 100 million years ago.
    Paul Voosen, science.org, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of watery
Adjective
  • The blandly positive lyrics seemed even more insipid amid all the bedroom jams.
    Eric Webb, Austin American-Statesman, 1 June 2024
  • With the Netherlands’ starting options likely to be the insipid Wout Weghorst or the inconsistent Cody Gakpo, the 22-year-old Zirkzee could quickly find himself in the starting XI.
    The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 24 Apr. 2024
Definition of insipid
Adjective
  • For the lower 3-D level of fossils, the explanation of cause of death is much more banal: burrow collapse.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Every year, the United States welcomes hundreds of thousands of new citizens in naturalization ceremonies that manage to be both banal and deeply moving.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of banal
Adjective
  • Wella Color Fresh Mask in Rose Blaze and Overtone Rose Gold for Brown Hair Coloring Conditioner are both rosy pink shades designed to be used over brown hair and can be easily swapped out for your regular conditioner when your color starts looking dull.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Browsing through the options online, she was disappointed by how dull and samey everything was.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of dull
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