Direction: Read the given passage and answer the followig question.
Passage: Three sets of reasons are attributed for the slowdown of the Indian economy.
First, the external environment had deteriorated sharply. The recovery from the crisis of 2008 was tepid. One country after another in the developed world came under pressure. It had an adverse impact on developing countries, including India.
Second, there were severe supply bottlenecks. Agricultural production fell sharply in 2009-10 because of severe drought.
The third set of reasons is basically non-economic which led collectively to weakening of investment.
Question: Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word 'TEPID' as used in the passage.