unmitigated

unmitigated
adjective Date: 1599 1. not lessened ; unrelieved <
sufferings unmitigated by any hope of early relief
>
2. being so definitely what is stated as to offer little chance of change or relief <
an unmitigated disaster
>
unmitigatedly adverbunmitigatedness noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • unmitigated — [un mit′ə gāt΄id] adj. 1. not lessened or eased [unmitigated suffering] 2. unqualified; out and out; absolute [an unmitigated fool] unmitigatedly adv …   English World dictionary

  • unmitigated — I adjective absolute, complete, consummate, downright, exhaustive, full, intensive, plenary, rank, rigid, severe, sheer, stark, thorough, unbounded, unconditional, unqualified, unsoftened, unsuppressed, untamed, untempered, unyielding, utter II… …   Law dictionary

  • unmitigated — 1590s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of MITIGATE (Cf. mitigate) …   Etymology dictionary

  • unmitigated — *outright, out and out, arrant …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • unmitigated — [adj] absolute, pure arrant, austere, clear cut, complete, consummate, damned, downright, gross, intense, oppressive, out andout*, outright, perfect, persistent, rank, relentless, rigid, severe, sheer, simple, straight out*, thorough,… …   New thesaurus

  • unmitigated — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute; unqualified. DERIVATIVES unmitigatedly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • unmitigated — [[t]ʌnmɪ̱tɪgeɪtɪd[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n (emphasis) You use unmitigated to emphasize that a bad situation or quality is totally bad. Last year s cotton crop was an unmitigated disaster... She leads a life of unmitigated misery. Syn: absolute, utter …   English dictionary

  • unmitigated — unmitigatedly, adv. /un mit i gay tid/, adj. 1. not mitigated; not softened or lessened: unmitigated suffering. 2. unqualified or absolute: an unmitigated bore. [1590 1600; UN 1 + MITIGATED] Syn. 1. unrelieved, unabated, unbroken, persistent. * * …   Universalium

  • unmitigated — adjective (only before noun) unmitigated disaster/failure etc something that is completely bad: The tour was an unmitigated disaster …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • unmitigated — adj. Unmitigated is used with these nouns: ↑disaster …   Collocations dictionary

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