Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Tepidity.
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- noun The property of being
tepid .
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- noun lack of passion, force or animation
- noun a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin
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Examples
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They're reaction to it was lukewarm, but they also noted it was the kind of tepidness that the Academy loves.
Gawker: Defamer 2008
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The gist is that "while the guy didn't think it was terrible, [he] did say the film wasn't the tearjerker we all heard it was supposed to be and was much more of an 'emotional dud.'" said that David Fincher's film has "the kind of tepidness that the Academy loves."
Hollywood Elsewhere 2008
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No word from John Boehner, however, whose aspirations to be Speaker were recently met with tepidness by Bachmann.
Michele Bachmann Running For GOP Leadership Position The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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No word from John Boehner, however, whose aspirations to be Speaker were recently met with tepidness by Bachmann.
Michele Bachmann Running For GOP Leadership Position The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Obama's indecision, and tepidness, may encourage a new wave of terrorist activity.
Obama: Don't turn Fort Hood hearings into 'political theater' 2009
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"The tepidness of retail sales suggests that households are focused on paying back much of the new debt" taken on late last year, said Stephen Stanley, a Pierpont Securities economist.
Wary Shoppers Give Retailers Mixed Results Conor Dougherty 2012
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But I also couldn't help but hear a lack of conviction in the crowd's response, a tepidness that points to just how disillusioned young voters are and just how much ground could be lost this year.
Andy Bernstein: Jay-Z Captures Power, Challenges of Youth Vote 2010
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But I also couldn't help but hear a lack of conviction in the crowd's response, a tepidness that points to just how disillusioned young voters are and just how much ground could be lost this year.
Andy Bernstein: Jay-Z Captures Power, Challenges of Youth Vote 2010
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I am tired of her tepidness against rich republicans, she could use her publicity to scare these east coast types into giving up their inherited privilege for power hungry republican operatives. —
Geithner Said to Be Chosen for Treasury Secretary - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Stock-trading volume was notably thin, reflecting the generally quiet summer as well as tepidness about the market's direction.
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