halfhearted, half-hearted, tepid, lukewarm
(adjective) feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; “a halfhearted effort”; “gave only lukewarm support to the candidate”
lukewarm, tepid
(adjective) moderately warm; “he hates lukewarm coffee”; “tepid bath water”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lukewarm (comparative lukewarmer or more lukewarm, superlative lukewarmest or most lukewarm)
(temperature) Between warm and cool.
Not very enthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).
• tepid
Source: Wiktionary
Luke"warm`, a. Etym: [See Luke.]
Definition: Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. " Lukewarm blood." Spenser. " Lukewarm patriots." Addison. An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. Dryden.
– Luce"warm`ly, adv.
– Luce"warm`ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
