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unmitigated

unmitigated

20 7.7
Complete, without anything that makes it less
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪtɪd/
translation icon : total
  • The 1965 Immigration Reform Act has been an unmitigated policy failure for the United States.
  • an unmitigated disaster
  • unmitigated evil
  • an unmitigated failure

Well, what we have now is an unmitigated man made disaster.

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Examples

  • So anyway, the movie was just a complete, unmitigated disaster.

  • Every direct confrontation has ended in absolute, unmitigated disaster.

  • Well, what we have now is an unmitigated man made disaster.

  • But it was an unmitigated disaster.

  • What just happened in Rome was an unmitigated disaster.

  • This is an unmitigated outrage.

  • The conventional wisdom now is that the war in Iraq is also an unmitigated disaster.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Socialism turned out to be an unmitigated disaster for the Arabs.

    Academic text (2012)
  • In point of fact, Wesley's missionary attempt in Georgia proved to be an unmitigated failure.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The event was an unmitigated disaster that left everyone shocked and disappointed.

Synonyms

undiminished
vsunmitigated
4 6.0

Still the same in amount, strength, or quality as before

focuses on absolute unpleasantness and emphasis rather than just unchanged state
unbated
vsunmitigated
1 8.6

Not reduced in strength or power

means total or absolute severity rather than mere unchanged force
unmitigable
vsunmitigated
9.9

You cannot make it less serious or less strong

is used to stress absolute severity or total unpleasantness
undiminishable
vsunmitigated
9.4

Cannot become smaller or weaker

expresses total extent and strong negative emphasis rather than only irreducibility
unalleviated
vsunmitigated
  • Formal
8.6

It is still painful or serious with no relief

is a general word stressing total severity, not only lack of relief

Antonyms

203 3.4

Not complete and only in some parts

4.8

Less severe or serious because something reduces the harm

How Mitigated

mitigated
4.8
unmitigated
20 7.7

Surface Forms

unmitigated positive
unmitigatedly positive

Morphology

unmitigated = mitigated (transparent) = un + mitigate + ed

Formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'mitigated'; learners who know 'mitigate/mitigated' and 'un-' can derive the meaning.

Etymology

Unmitigated breaks into the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the verb mitigate, from a Latin root mitis meaning 'soft' or 'gentle'. So unmitigated literally means 'not softened' and is used to say something is complete or absolute, often in a bad way like an 'unmitigated disaster'.