The House approved a watered-down version of the bill in November.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Courses should not be watered-down linguistics.
He is the only major figure offering an alternative party programme which is not a watered-down version of Mrs Thatcher's.
It has to be understood that the general and critical does not mean the vague, the watered-down, or the journalistic.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►watered-down version
a watered-down version of the original
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►version
· He is the only major figure offering an alternative party programme which is not a watered-down version of Mrs Thatcher's.
a watered-down plan, report etc has been changed so that it is less extreme or forceful than when it was first written – used to show disapproval → water down: a watered-down version of the original