from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; unrelieved: unmitigated suffering.
- adj. Without qualification or exception; absolute: an unmitigated lie.
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- adj. Not mitigated.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not mitigated; not lessened; not softened or toned down; unassuaged; often, especially in colloquial use, unconscionable: as, an unmitigated scoundrel; an unmitigated lie.
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- adj. not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier
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At a gathering at the offices of Thomson Reuters, Gladwell and Martin talked about how talent compensation has run amok in America and the repercussions of what they call unmitigated greed.
So, if I show a single qualification or exception, then "unmitigated" is incorrect.
I call unmitigated Shenanigans. 300 people may have died for whatever reason, but it was not radiation poisoning.
They usually bark when there is a stranger about, but it is an expression of unmitigated joy at the chance to meet somebody new, not a warning.
Therefore, as he sat behind his cluttered desk amidst the disaster area that was the kindest way to describe his office, Aldo Corsi regarded the man who now stood before him wearing a Starfleet uniform with an expression of unmitigated contempt.
At this display of geographical accuracy Dot fairly cheered, and rocked herself to and fro in unmitigated enjoyment.
Now that’s what I call unmitigated gall… or as Post puts it, Olympic-size chutzpah!
The greatest blow came in Scotland where the SNP became the first party to win an overall majority in the parliament's 12-year history – a result widely described as an unmitigated disaster for Labour.
It also is defined as unmitigated effrontery or impudence, gall, audacity, and nerve.
This need can also be described as unmitigated arrogance.