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We think the answer is "COLD" which means:

adjective
• • Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
• • Extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
noun
• • A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
• • The absence of heat
• • The sensation produced by low temperatures
adjective satellite
• • Having lost freshness through passage of time
• • (color) giving no sensation of warmth
• • Marked by errorless familiarity
• • Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
• • So intense as to be almost uncontrollable
• • Sexually unresponsive
• • Without compunction or human feeling
• • Feeling or showing no enthusiasm
• • Unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
• • Of a seeker; far from the object sought
• • Lacking the warmth of life
adverb
• • While at low temperature.
• • Without preparation.
• • With finality.
• • In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.

An example sentence would be:

• • "I need a jacket because it's cold outside."
• • "The ice cream was too cold to eat."

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