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as in neutral
showing little or no interest or enthusiasm
the proposed table tennis club met with only a tepid response
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as in warm
having or giving off heat to a moderate degree
make sure the water for the footbath is just tepid or you'll burn yourself
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Recent Examples of tepid
In the interview, Pegula got a tepid response when talking about the cheesy apple pie.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2026
Rinse with tepid water and a rag or sponge.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
Maximum lethality, not tepid legality.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
Yeah, nations look tepid, right?
—NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2026
Rinse with tepid water and a rag or sponge.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
Maximum lethality, not tepid legality.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
Yeah, nations look tepid, right?
—NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tepid
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The galaxy also appears to have cleared its surrounding region of primordial hydrogen gas — an unexpected finding, the researchers say, given that the early universe was filled with neutral hydrogen.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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And this memo does not read like neutral legal guidance grounded in constitutional clarity.—
Rosalind Osgood,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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Yet, on a warm fall afternoon, while playing hide-and-seek with other kids in her mother's yard, the petite 6-year-old girl wearing a sundress vanished.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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The team will drill through the ice and deploy instruments nearly 1,000 meters below the surface to measure how warm ocean water interacts with the glacier base.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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In fact, ayurvedic medicine has its own parallel in the form of the ritual usha paana, which involves drinking lukewarm or room-temp water on an empty stomach in the early hours.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
5 Feb. 2026
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Warming up meals in a toaster oven likewise results in uneven heating, with the top portion getting dried or burnt and the middle part ending up lukewarm if the element is located on the top – the reverse is true if the element is on the bottom.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Feb. 2026
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Alex Bregman was the one who got away, the All-Star third baseman the club tried to sign in spring training with a halfhearted contract proposal that would be rejected.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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The closest Alex and Tess get to a custody battle is a halfhearted chat about who gets the armoire.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
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The Luxe Package also comes standard, bringing along comforts like heated floors, water filtration, continuous hot water and a HEPA air filter.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2026
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There’s also a heated outdoor pool, as well as access to the fitness center.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
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The administration of President Donald Trump is unenthusiastic about EVs compared the previous Biden administration.—
Bill Koenig,
Forbes.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Cracker Barrel statement doesn't satisfy naysayers Reactions to the announcement were largely unenthusiastic, with many fans accusing the chain of ignoring their concerns and calling for a return to the old brand design.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Tepid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tepid. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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