watery soup
Diluted bowl fare
Watery soup is soup that's thin and lacks body—too much liquid, not enough substance.
The phrase often carries disappointment: The cafeteria's watery soup was barely a meal.
It can describe anything diluted or insubstantial: watery soup of an argument.
- brothClear simmered meat liquid
- thinSmall in diameter
- blandLacking distinctive qualities
- dilutedMade weaker by adding liquid
- weakLacking power or force
liquid · stock · consommé · sloshy · flavorless · runny · pale · lukewarm · ladle · bowl · slurp · diner · hospital · cafeteria · disappointing · insipid · tepid · splash
- cooking mistakesburnt toast, burned food, undercooked, burnt popcorn, overcooked