mitigated

4.8

Less severe or serious because something reduces the harm

adjective
/ˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪtɪd/

: mitigado

But the press portrayed the day as a mitigated disaster.

But the press portrayed the day as a mitigated disaster.

Examples

You know, there was a slight confusion and people mentioned it in their reports, but Harry says it that the press portrayed the day as a mitigated disaster.
And David Hume is a sort of mitigated, or as he's going to call it, academic skeptic of sorts.
As you get older your risk will not be mitigated by deadlifts because the biggest risk as you get older is falling.
So, so that is one kind of mitigating tactic to this.
It can give life in prison even if it finds no mitigating factors.
And bosons are force mitigating particles, OK?
Exercise, sun, mitigating caffeine, cutting out alcohol.
So she gets up in front of the judge, shows remorse and she's got all these mitigating circumstances.
The new policy mitigated the impact of the economic downturn on small businesses.
She took steps that mitigated the pain after her knee surgery.

Synonyms

attenuated

vsmitigated

1 7.2

Made weaker or less strong

lowers overall severity or harshness rather than only physical force

alleviated

vsmitigated

4.2

Less strong pain or worry so it is easier to bear

applies to any harm by lowering severity or harshness

eased

vsmitigated

1.9

Made less painful or easier to deal with

acts more broadly to lessen severity or harshness across situations

lessened

vsmitigated

2.1

Smaller in amount, degree, or strength

focuses on reducing seriousness and harshness rather than just size

attenuate

vsmitigated

8.2

Less strong or intense

expresses general reduction of severity and harshness in many cases

Antonyms

unmitigated

20 7.7

Complete, without anything that makes it less

aggravated

Formal

7.4

More serious because of things like violence or intent

to exacerbating

7.5

To make a problem or feeling worse

How Mitigated

mitigated

4.8

unmitigated

20 7.7

Surface Forms

mitigated positive

Morphology

mitigated = mitigate (transparent) = mitigate + ed

Regular adjectival/past-participle formation from the verb 'mitigate' using '-ed'; learners who know 'mitigate' can infer this meaning.

Etymology

Mitigated comes from the Latin root mitig-, from mitis meaning 'mild' or 'soft'. So, to mitigate something is to make it less strong or painful, and a mitigated result is a milder one.