as in neutral
showing little or no interest or enthusiasm
received the usual uneager response when she asked for volunteers to help clean up
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The electric blue shade adds such a fun pop of color to a summer wardrobe, instantly brightening up basics like white jeans, denim shorts, or neutral trousers.
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And perhaps most importantly, hempcrete can be carbon neutral or even carbon negative, depending on its composition.
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In a game that Switzerland dominated for the majority of the time, only some halfhearted chants by the Swiss superfans in the second deck cut through.
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And those problems are magnified in the slack middle section of this 160-minute film, as the hunters make discoveries of their own in the forest, unnecessary subplots and aliens multiply, and there are some halfhearted attempts at giving them a thin backstory.
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The final slot could go to Kerry Washington for Imperfect Women, a series that was met with a lukewarm reception, or Tessa Thompson for the very popular Netflix series, His & Hers.
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The new head coach was met with lukewarm approval, despite twice being named NBA Coach of the Year and leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA Finals in 2007.
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The good news is that right now, only the looming IPOs of Anthropic, which will be wildly oversubscribed, and OpenAI, which will be far more tepid, stand in the way of the next run for the market, as the coffers seem to be replenishing.
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In a venue where circumstances would have indicated a tepid response to a less-than-blockbuster matchup, Santa Clara hosted a display of what the World Cup can be at its best.
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“Uneager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneager. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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