tempered
adjective
having a temper or disposition of a specified character (usually used in combination).
nontempered
-
a word derived from
tempered.
Example Sentences
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“I’ve learned that everyone has their own moveable C,” he said in 1995 to the writer Michael Jarrett; he identified it as “Do,” the nontempered start of anyone singing or playing a “do-re-mi” major-scale sequence.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2015
