Tepid

Former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a Shiite, also took a stab at what he called a tepid U.S. response to the unrest against the tiny island's Sunni monarchy. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I haven't read this, but I did read Esslemont's Night of Knives and I thought it was a bit meh, so I am not surprised that "tepid" is the one word applied to this volume. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Given the long-term tepid outlook for the world economy, is the near-future the right time to force those costs down consumers' throats? ❋ Steve Parker (2010)

And from its crimson source in tepid channels flow. ❋ Unknown (1791)

Beneath this window is a broad divan, and here, laved in tepid sea winds and soothed by rippling whispers against the ship's side, I sleep – the langorous, voluptuous sleep of the tropics; ... sink softly into that dim warm flood where one lies drenched, submerged in unconsciousness; a flood that ebbs slowly, slowly – bearing with it all fatigue and satiety – and leaves me on the shores of life again in a pale lilac dusk glimmering with great stars .... ❋ Unknown (1891)

These good global numbers hide, however, a more complex reality, namely a tepid recovery in many advanced economies, and a much stronger one in most emerging and developing economies. ❋ Olivier Blanchard (2010)

BLITZER: President Obama is now using the toughest language yet to condemn Iran's crackdown on political protesters after a week of what his critics called a tepid response. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That said, even as a conservative, I believe my bias towards John Tory could have been most charitably described as tepid I did not support him for leader, and as recently as two weeks ago I was not very impressed. ❋ ALW (2007)

So, White House Spokesman Gordon Johndroe is saying the President feels that his so-called tepid endorsement of Maliki was misreported, and that he wants to make clear today that he's fully behind Maliki. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Tom Gullikson, the captain from 1994-99, recalls the tepid response he and the team received after a dramatic win against Russia in 1995 when Sampras won all three of the USA's points in one of the best efforts in Cup history. ❋ Unknown (2004)

But afterward, there were what could be called tepid applause. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The pre-screening hype surrounding the controversial movie made it one of the hottest tickets at the Toronto festival, but the audience response to the film was described as tepid at best. ❋ Unknown (2006)

His hand looking for the where did I put found in his hip pocket soap lotion have to call tepid paper stuck. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Did McCain's so-called tepid endorsement of Governor Bush do more harm than good? ❋ Unknown (2000)

Apple also has what can be called a "tepid" relationship with the analytics and advertising arms of such networks, including Flurry. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The dictionary simply doesn't have the symbolic importance it did a half-­century ago, when critics saw the Third as a capitulation to the despised culture of middlebrow, what Dwight Macdonald called the "tepid ooze of Midcult." ❋ By GEOFFREY NUNBERG (2011)