Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm.
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Early signs point to a lukewarm Chinese response to the new iPhones.
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If the Windows smartphone market stays lukewarm, Nokia will continue to wilt.
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It was a triumph for the bitter; even the lukewarm grew furious.
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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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Usually there is a halfhearted effort to place a couple of calls.
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At times a mist, at times ramping up to a halfhearted drizzle.
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The four students accepted the round of halfhearted applause, nodding and smiling.
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That sparked a quick, halfhearted argument, which the rest of us ignored.
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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.
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For years, China has held half-hearted campaigns to stub out the habit.
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For years, China has conducted half-hearted campaigns to stub out the habit.
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But such a re-evaluation has been distinctly half-hearted, particularly in the House.
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There were half-hearted attempts at conversation when no one wanted to talk.
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Canada's housing market has been growing since 2009, despite a tepid economy.
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Retail demand for both IPOs has so far shown a tepid response.
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When their attitude towards state capture allegations has been tepid at best.
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Despite economic reforms, anger has grown at gang violence and tepid growth.
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Longer term, tepid U.S. retail interest could be a drawback for Alibaba.
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Analysts expect tepid business borrowing to have continued through the fourth quarter.
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The top U.S. bank by assets reported tepid first-quarter results on Friday.
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But, so far, TXU investor reaction to the report has been tepid.
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Place in a pan of tepid water until it swells and floats.
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The night was deliciously tepid; and, as I have said, absolutely dark.
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State-led pursuit of polluters, particularly in some southern states, has been tepid.
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They drank tepid water flavored with the iodine of their purification tablets.
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Birds like a daily bath in a shallow dish of tepid water.
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A weak won and tepid Korean import demand are partly to blame.
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The States finding the English government cooling, affected to grow tepid themselves.
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A tepid or warm bath is said to have a similar effect.
