unmitigated
/ənmˈɪtəɡˌeɪtɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not mitigated.
Example Sentences
- "Their handling of the recent diplomatic crisis was an unmitigated disaster."
- "Prichard, while keeping school, had the unmitigated gall to teach Greek, although he had never studied the subject."
- "In July 1938, that was sufficient to call down contempt and hatred on us, and brand us as men of unmitigated gall."
- "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."
- ""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 most unmitigated cad." "Now that you've got that off your chest, let's go and have dinner.""
- ""The '720' has been out. We were really happy - it tested with no faults. There was a pleasant surprise it was an unmitigated success.""
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English mitigated English unmitigated From un- + mitigated.
Inflected Forms
more unmitigated (comparative)
most unmitigated (superlative)