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unmitigated

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Fromun- +‎mitigated.

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unmitigated (comparativemoreunmitigated,superlativemostunmitigated)

  1. Notmitigated.
  2. (intensifier)Total,complete,utter.
    Their handling of the recent diplomatic crisis was anunmitigated disaster.
    • 1891,Exercises of class day of the senior class, Tuesday, June 23, 1891,page33:
      Prichard, while keeping school, had theunmitigated gall to teach Greek, although he had never studied the subject.
    • 1944,Teheran: Our Path in War and Peace,page55:
      In July 1938, that was sufficient to call down contempt and hatred on us, and brand us as men ofunmitigated gall.
    • 1962,How to live with a calculating cat,page47:
      It requires the cunning of a chess master, the planning of a field marshal, the adroitness and polish of a premier of France, or, failing these, the sheer,unmitigated gall of your door-to-door salesman.
    • 1919,W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “ch. 12”, inThe Moon and Sixpence,[New York, N.Y.]:Grosset & Dunlap Publishers [],→OCLC:
      "You don't care if people think you an utter blackguard? You don't care if she and your children have to beg their bread?"
      "Not a damn."
      I was silent for a moment in order to give greater force to my next remark. I spoke as deliberately as I could.
      "You are a mostunmitigated cad."
      "Now that you've got that off your chest, let's go and have dinner."
    • 2020 April 22, Richard Clinnick, “We are feeling positive"”, inRail, page63:
      "The '720' has been out. We were really happy - it tested with no faults. There was a pleasant surprise it was anunmitigated success."

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