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Definition of tepid
1 : moderately warm : lukewarm a tepid bath
2a : lacking in passion, force, or zest tepid poetryb : marked by an absence of enthusiasm or conviction a tepid interest a tepid response
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Examples of tepid in a Sentence
He gave a tepid performance.
My suggestion was given a tepid response.
Recent Examples of tepid from the Web
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The company has sought to jump-start growth since the end of the Great Recession as sales and profits dragging amid tepid economic conditions in the U.S. and worldwide.
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At present, core inflation is hovering around 1.4 percent, while growth remains tepid and wage growth is slowing.
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Only Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) lent his endorsement to the bill — but even that was a tepid one at best.
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The performance under Trump has been remarkably close to the relatively tepid growth under President Barack Obama, a record Trump criticized as a candidate.
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Wild Bill’ Haywood … the tepid social-work impulse of do-gooders, inarticulate and amorphous desire to ‘
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To take the latter point first, Obama’s tepid response to the Russian attack can certainly be questioned.
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Whether the public sees a future in subscription-box companies, at least for essentials, was tested with meal kit maker Blue Apron’s tepid initial public offering of stock last week.
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One alderman's proposal to overhaul the city's recommendations for avoiding lead exposure in drinking water is receiving a tepid response from the Milwaukee Health Department and some local medical experts.
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Origin and Etymology of tepid
Middle English teped, from Latin tepidus, from tepēre to be moderately warm; akin to Sanskrit tapati it heats, Old Irish tess heat
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tepid
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: not hot and not cold
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: not energetic or excited
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