Adjective
unmitigated (comparative more unmitigated, superlative most unmitigated)
- Not mitigated.
- (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
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