unalleviated
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈlɛviˌeɪtɪd/
- Formal
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no aliviado
- After the earthquake, many survivors faced unalleviated distress as they searched for loved ones.
Examples
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We note that chronic feelings of guilt, unresolved and unalleviated, may become virulent, providing an ongoing source of self-degradation and an endless reminder of the failing that evoked the guilt.
Academic text (1996) -
Since Medicare accounts for about 25% of U.S. prescription drug sales, this would represent a tremendous blow to innovation, allowing some savings today in return for fewer medicines tomorrow—along with more unalleviated suffering and death.
Blog text (14) -
But if I make it sound like unalleviated misery, it's not 'encourage me.'
Blog text (23) -
But if I make it sound like unalleviated misery, it's not.
Blog text (23) -
Our findings suggest that, outside the eating and exercise domain, it is unalleviated guilt feelings that are maladaptive.
Academic text (1996) -
The patient's unalleviated pain made it difficult for her to sleep at night.
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He continued to feel unalleviated anxiety about his upcoming exams, despite studying hard.
Synonyms
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Complete, without anything that makes it less
Antonyms
How Relieved
Surface Forms
Morphology
unalleviated = alleviated (transparent) = un + alleviate + ed
The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the adjective 'alleviated', making the meaning straightforward.
Etymology
Unalleviated comes from the prefix un- ('not') and the verb alleviate. Alleviate comes from a root meaning 'to make light', the same idea you see in levity or levitate, so it means to make pain or a problem less heavy. So unalleviated means 'not made less severe or relieved'.