unmitigated

[uhn-mit-i-gey-tid]

adjective

1. not mitigated; not softened or lessened.

   unmitigated suffering.

   Synonyms: persistent, unbroken, unabated, unrelieved

2. unqualified or absolute.

   an unmitigated bore.

unmitigated

/ ʌnˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. not diminished in intensity, severity, etc

2. (prenominal) (intensifier)

   an unmitigated disaster

Other Word Forms

• unmitigatedly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unmitigated¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- ¹ + mitigate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The rapid descent into delusion in the name of unmitigated cruelty and hollow provocation would be laughable if it weren’t terrifying at the same time.

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The Dodger bullpen is a five-alarm fire, an unmitigated disaster, a total catastrophe.

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The Crawleys’ exclusive dinner with Noël Coward is an unmitigated success, crowned by Coward serenading her with his hit “Poor Little Rich Girl” and citing Mary as the inspiration for his next play.

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“The whole range and levels of ‘war on drugs’ was a long, unmitigated policy failure, according to the vast, vast majority of drug experts.”

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More than anything, Earth is being slowly dehydrated by the unmitigated mining of groundwater, which underlies vast proportions of every continent.

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Related Words

• sheer 
• unadulterated 
• unqualified