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• s  moderately warm
  tepid bath water
• s  feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm

• The Pentagon's response has been at best tepid.
• Some candidates choose not to go for it in 90 minutes of tepid Boca Raton debating.
• He made a faltering joke about the tepid response of friends with their coats still on--"they act like it's cold in my church"--and betrayed rare unease in a defensive speech.

• lukewarm
• halfhearted
• half-hearted

News & Articles

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• Paula Deen: “Yes, of Course” I’ve Used the N-Word Before!
  Through her lawyer, Paula Deen offered a rather tepid response to a story that could easily shut down her career as she knows it. More »
  June 21, 2013 - Gossip on This!
• DVDs: 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' conjures up little magic
  The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,starring Steve Carell as an arrogant Las Vegas magician, is unfortunately a tepid comedy at best.
  June 21, 2013 - Los Angeles Daily News
• FedEx offers glum outlook on economic growth
  Despite a tepid forecast for 2014 earnings and the U.S. economy, shares of FedEx rallied.
  June 19, 2013 - CNN Money

Quotes

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• Harry Reid in USA Today
  It's is really very tepid, very weak,said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
• Robert Byrd in New York Times
  It is infuriating to watch MSHA, even after the tragedy at Sago, continue a tepid, disjointed and minimizing approach to mine safety,said Senator Robert C. Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia.
• Jeb Hensarling in Guardian Unlimited
  I do not wish to gloss over our differences, as they are very real,Hensarling said. "But the truth is that tepid support or indifference for Senator McCain is support for Senator Clinton or Senator Obama."