tepid
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(tĕp'ĭd) 
adj.
tepidly tep'id·ly adv.
adj.
- Moderately warm; lukewarm.
- Lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted: "the tepid conservatism of the fifties" (Irving Howe).
[Middle English, from Latin tepidus, from tepēre, to be lukewarm.]
tepidity te·pid'i·ty or tep'id·ness n.tepidly tep'id·ly adv.
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tepid
adjective
- Lacking warmth, interest, enthusiasm, or involvement: halfhearted, lukewarm, unenthusiastic. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, hot/cold/lukewarm.
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IN BRIEF: Lukewarm; neither hot nor cold.
One does not like hot, the other does not like cold; make it tepid to make an agreement.
— Malagasy Proverb
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Tepid
Nederlands (Dutch)
lauwwarm, koel (figuurlijk)
Français (French)
adj. - tiède
Deutsch (German)
adj. - lau, lauwarm, halbherzig
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - χλιαρός, υπόθερμος, (μτφ.) άτονος, χαλαρός
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tépido (m)
Русский (Russian)
тепловатый (почти холодный)
Español (Spanish)
adj. - tibio, poco cálido, muy relativo
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
微温的, 不太热心的, 温热的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 微溫的, 不太熱心的, 溫熱的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 미지근한, 열의가 없는, 식은
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - なまぬるい, 熱意のない
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) فاتر ( حقيقه او مجاز)
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - פושר, לא חם
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