halfhearted, half-hearted, tepid, lukewarm
(adjective) feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; āa halfhearted effortā; āgave only lukewarm support to the candidateā
lukewarm, tepid
(adjective) moderately warm; āhe hates lukewarm coffeeā; ātepid bath waterā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tepid (not comparable)
Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
Synonym: lukewarm
Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness.
Synonyms: uninterested, lukewarm
• See also warm
• DIPTe
Source: Wiktionary
Tep"id, a. Etym: [L. tepidus, fr. tepere to be warm; akin to Skr. tap to be warm, tapas heat.]
Definition: Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors.
– Tep"id*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
