unmitigated

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ mitigated.

Adjective

unmitigated (comparative more unmitigated, superlative most unmitigated)

1. Not mitigated.
2. (intensifier) Total, complete, utter.

   Their handling of the recent diplomatic crisis was an unmitigated disaster.

   • 1891, Exercises of class day of the senior class, Tuesday, June 23, 1891, page 33:

     Prichard, while keeping school, had the unmitigated gall to teach Greek, although he had never studied the subject.

   • 1944, Teheran: Our Path in War and Peace, page 55:

     In July 1938, that was sufficient to call down contempt and hatred on us, and brand us as men of unmitigated gall.

   • 1962, How to live with a calculating cat, page 47:

     It requires the cunning of a chess master, the planning of a field marshal, the adroitness and polish of a premier of France, or, failing these, the sheer, unmitigated gall of your door-to-door salesman.

   • 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “ch. 12”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:

     "You don't care if people think you an utter blackguard? You don't care if she and your children have to beg their bread?"
     "Not a damn."
     I was silent for a moment in order to give greater force to my next remark. I spoke as deliberately as I could.
     "You are a most unmitigated cad."
     "Now that you've got that off your chest, let's go and have dinner."

   • 2020 April 22, Richard Clinnick, “We are feeling positive"”, in Rail, page 63:

     "The '720' has been out. We were really happy - it tested with no faults. There was a pleasant surprise it was an unmitigated success."

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: неотслабващ (bg) (neotslabvašt)
• Spanish: sin paliativos

References

• “unmitigated”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.