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unmitigated

unmitigated

19 7.7
Complete, without anything that makes it less
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪtɪd/
: 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
5 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
unalleviated
vsunmitigated
  • Formal
1 8.6

It is still painful or serious with no relief

is a general word stressing total severity, not only lack of relief
unmitigable
vsunmitigated
1 9.9

You cannot make it less serious or less strong

is used to stress absolute severity or total unpleasantness
undiminishable
vsunmitigated
1 9.4

Cannot become smaller or weaker

expresses total extent and strong negative emphasis rather than only irreducibility

Antonyms

212 3.4

Not complete and only in some parts

1 4.8

Less severe or serious because something reduces the harm

How Mitigated

alleviated
1 4.2
mitigated
1 4.8
unmitigated
19 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'.