tepid

[ tep-id ]

/ ˈtɛp ɪd /

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adjective

moderately warm; lukewarm: tepid water.

characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm: tepid prose; the critics' tepid reception for the new play.

OTHER WORDS FOR tepid

1 moderate, mild. 2 unemotional, halfhearted, apathetic.

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Origin of tepid

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin tepidus lukewarm, equivalent to tep(ēre) to be lukewarm + -idus-id⁴

OTHER WORDS FROM tepid

te·pid·i·ty, tep·id·ness, nountep·id·ly, adverbsub·tep·id, adjectivesub·tep·id·ly, adverb

sub·tep·id·ness, nounsub·te·pid·i·ty, noun

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How to use tepid in a sentence

Then, after the swearings-in, country superstar Garth Brooks appeared with a call for unity and a tepid singalong of “Amazing Grace.”
Our national anthem ends with a question. Lady Gaga answered it as best she could.|Chris Richards|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
The response from SEO practitioners has been somewhat tepid, whether because it won’t change the way the tool has been misused to this point, or simply because there are other, more pressing matters Google could have attended to first.
Should you use Google’s updated Disavow Links tool?|Edward Coram James|January 6, 2021|Search Engine Watch
Like most wellness products that are backed by tepid evidence, the results can be hit or miss.
Can CBD help you chill? Here’s what we know so far.|Purbita Saha|January 4, 2021|Popular-Science
As Ars Review Editor Ron Amadeo noted last year, RCS interest from carriers has been tepid, so Google has been rolling it out with limited support.
Google is testing end-to-end encryption in Android Messages|Dan Goodin|November 19, 2020|Ars Technica

The thing is, we’ve been living in an age of tepid price growth, as the chart below shows, even as central banks print money and flood the markets with cheap credit.
Why the Fed’s huge policy shift on inflation could be rocket fuel for stocks|Bernhard Warner|August 28, 2020|Fortune
Emin seemed pleasant, tepidly confident, and, dare I say, even a tad uncool—but in a good way.
Has Tracey Emin Gone Soft?|Rachel Wolff|November 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The peculiar moving hush and tepidly stagnant air of a sick-room penetrated even through the panels.
Joan of the Sword Hand|S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
Lady Isabel, so easy-going and tepidly affectionate towards her children, was adamant where her social creed was concerned.
Consequences|E. M. Delafield
A grey haze had blotted out the sun and the still air clung about him tepidly.
The Reef|Edith Wharton
Despite her affection for her son, Mrs. Kincaid was but tepidly interested in the career that engrossed him.
The Man Who Was Good|Leonard Merrick
How often she had said all these things that tepidly-loved women say!
A Devotee|Mary Cholmondeley

British Dictionary definitions for tepid

tepid

/ (ˈtɛpɪd) /

adjective

slightly warm; lukewarm

relatively unenthusiastic or apatheticthe play had a tepid reception

Derived forms of tepid

tepidity or tepidness, nountepidly, adverb

Word Origin for tepid

C14: from Latin tepidus, from tepēre to be lukewarm

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