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Adjective: wishy-washy  'wi-shi,wó-shee
Usage: informal
  1. Weak in willpower, courage or vitality
    - namby-pamby [informal], gutless, spineless
     
  2. Lacking interest, significance or impact
    "He was a wishy-washy man with hardly a mind of his own";
    - insipid, jejune
     
  3. Lacking in vibrancy, colour, force

See also: lame, lameo [informal], meh [informal], uninspiring, uninteresting, weak

Encyclopedia: Wishy-washy