washy

[ US /ˈwɑʃi/ ]
[ UK /wˈɒʃi/ ]

ADJECTIVE

having lost freshness or brilliance of color
faded jeans
sun-bleached deck chairs
washy colors
a very pale washed-out blue
overly diluted; thin and insipid
washy coffee
watery milk
weak tea

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Politically they're neither right-wing nor left - just a bunch of wishy-washy pseudo-liberals.
According to Forbes, Barack Obama is the new Jimmy Carter; weak and wishy-washy in the face of the threats from North Korea's nuclear sabre-rattling. The Next Right Wing Meme
Politically they're neither right-wing nor left - just a bunch of wishy-washy pseudo-liberals.
These works are delicate and loose, with washy grounds and linear accents, bits of cross-hatching and curving organic shapes.
It seems like a window that you could step through and the gentle, washy colours are like the dew on freshly mown grass.
But the opposite of inflexibility is wishy-washy, right? Executive Suite: Knowledge of failure helps lead to success
In one, the stick-straight, regular strokes, painted light against a washy dark so that fine black lines halo every gesture, suggest bare twigs caught in an ice storm.
Backlighting the hand, a bright yellow disk rests against a washy sienna background encircled by a repeating phrase in Gujarati.
Much grandiose painting business is imposed on top of a large blue spiral enclosing washy green transparencies.
Last night's crystal clear certainties were dissolving into wishy-washy doubts. FINAL RESORT