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tepid

 
/ˈtep·ɪd/ adj [not gradable]

Definition

(of liquid) not very warm, or (of feelings or actions) not very strong: There is only tepid support in Congress for the proposal.
(Definition of tepid adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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