Usually means: Indecisive and lacking firmness, clarity.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. wishy-washy: Merriam-Webster
  2. wishy-washy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wishy-washy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. wishy-washy, wishy-washy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. wishy-washy: Vocabulary.com
  6. wishy-washy: Wordnik
  7. wishy-washy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. wishy-washy: Wiktionary
  9. wishy-washy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. wishy-washy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. wishy-washy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. wishy-washy: Dictionary.com
  13. wishy-washy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. wishy-washy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Wishy-washy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. wishy-washy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. wishy-washy: Rhymezone
  18. Wishy-washy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. Wishy-washy: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. wishy-washy: FreeDictionary.org
  21. wishy-washy: ESL Idiom Page
  22. wishy-washy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. wishy-washy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. wishy-washy: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wishy-washy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wishy-washy: A Word A Day

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Coffee Terminology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  Wavering; lacking in commitment, certainty, or support; namby-pamby.
adjective:  Thin or watery.

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