lukewarmness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Perhaps the most surprising in the lukewarmness of its support is “Disclaimer,” falling outside the top five despite the pedigree of Oscar-winning writer-director Alfonso Cuarón and actors Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025
At the very least it seemed that the lukewarmness of Chancellor Churchill had been transformed into eager cooperation.
From Time Magazine Archive
But a startling amount of lukewarmness quickly developed.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is probable that Elyot was suspected, as Vaughan certainly was, of lukewarmness in carrying out the king’s wishes, but this has not prevented his being much abused by Protestant writers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
This lukewarmness, this indifference, this hushing-up, this self-ridicule, they are our misfortune.
From Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life by Frank, Ulrich
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