Untempered

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not tempered; not conditioned by a process.
  2. 2
    Not moderated or mollified.

    "Sexual need untempered by softer emotions."

  3. 3
    In the case of a person, inexperienced; untested.
Adjective
  1. 1
    not moderated or controlled wordnet
  2. 2
    not brought to a proper consistency or hardness wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
excessiveimmoderateinordinateintemperateoverindulgentunabated

Example

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"Sexual need untempered by softer emotions."

Etymology

From un- + tempered.

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