(Adjective) A word used to describe the behavior of a person who fails at life by continually giving the least amount of effort to complete any task. To be lukewarm, as in a shortened version of tepid. Also, colloquially a term used by the employees of a local casino to describe a certain level of laziness within the workforce. To be
tep,
tepping, teppering (verb);
tepper (noun)
Stop being a
tep, go back and repaint that fence Tom.
Susan is such a tep, she barely passed her finals.
You're teppering my study time with your loud mouth.
Tepper, come get that
trash off my porch.