homeopathic

comparative more homeopathic · superlative most homeopathic · alternative obsolete homœopathic · alternative homoeopathic

1. Of or pertaining to homeopathy.
2. informalExtremely dilute, insipid.

   Scott: […] – cos I was running on fumes there. Not even fumes. I was running on the homeopathic / memory of fumes Catrin: / Have you got a tissue or something?

   2010, Gary Owen, Love Steals Us from Loneliness, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 13

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   Therefore, with a slight misgiving that so delicate a creature as an embryo shad might possibly be affected by the homœopathic amount of alcohol still present, I set up my apparatus on the shaded piazza of the hotel.

   1875, United States. Congress. Senate, Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress, 2d Session and Special Session, page 373

   On the other hand, the pop psychology titles are usually very accessible (hence their popularity) but frequently state the obvious or simply retread the same old ground – the psychological content is so diluted it's positively homeopathic!

   2008 May 5, Gary Wood, Don't Wait For Your Ship to Come In...Swim Out to Meet It: Tools and Techniques for Positive Lasting Change, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 4

plural homeopathics · alternative obsolete homœopathic · alternative homoeopathic

1. Any of the diluted remedies used in homeopathy.