untempered

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ tempered.

Adjective

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untempered (comparative more untempered, superlative most untempered)

  1. Not tempered; not conditioned by a process.
  2. Not moderated or mollified.
    • 1984 December 29, Lee Lynch, “We Too Are Drifting (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 10:
      Sexual need untempered by softer emotions.
  3. In the case of a person, inexperienced; untested.