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Meanings of lukewarm in English
Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm.
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Examples for "tepid"
Examples for "tepid"
1
Canada's housing market has been growing since 2009, despite a tepid economy.
2
Retail demand for both IPOs has so far shown a tepid response.
3
When their attitude towards state capture allegations has been tepid at best.
4
Despite economic reforms, anger has grown at gang violence and tepid growth.
5
Longer term, tepid U.S. retail interest could be a drawback for Alibaba.
1
Usually there is a halfhearted effort to place a couple of calls.
2
At times a mist, at times ramping up to a halfhearted drizzle.
3
The four students accepted the round of halfhearted applause, nodding and smiling.
4
That sparked a quick, halfhearted argument, which the rest of us ignored.
5
The smile was halfhearted, but he was proud of her for trying.
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The government has run half-hearted campaigns for years to curb the habit.
2
For years, China has held half-hearted campaigns to stub out the habit.
3
For years, China has conducted half-hearted campaigns to stub out the habit.
4
But such a re-evaluation has been distinctly half-hearted, particularly in the House.
5
There were half-hearted attempts at conversation when no one wanted to talk.
Usage of lukewarm in English
1
Early signs point to a lukewarm Chinese response to the new iPhones.
2
If the Windows smartphone market stays lukewarm, Nokia will continue to wilt.
3
It was a triumph for the bitter; even the lukewarm grew furious.
4
The stench was crisply nauseating, with a cold torpor of lukewarm sea.
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But trade reaction on Friday to the report was lukewarm at best.
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Retired businessman Cassar was content with a lukewarm approach to the Games.
7
And the cold milk was not cold; it was lukewarm, unpleasantly lukewarm.
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If such is true in you, you are in a lukewarm state.
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He felt as if lukewarm water had been poured all over him.
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A nurse came soon to shoo Khelséa away, bringing lukewarm beef broth.
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The potentates were perplexed and at variance, the nobles lukewarm and discontented.
12
In the shower, the water hadn't felt hot or cold, just lukewarm.
13
All day the pure sky, the deepening of sea-color, the lukewarm wind.
14
But the buyers have been lukewarm to Iranian offers of discounted oil.
15
The communicants of the church lose their first love, and become lukewarm.
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The lukewarm reception of the new phone hit shares in Apple's suppliers.
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Lukewarm across language varieties
Ireland
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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