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unmitigated

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N M IH1 T AH0 G EY2 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not mitigated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Total, complete, utter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: emphatic, intensifier

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unmitigated suffering
  • an unmitigated horror
  • an unmitigated lie

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: mitigated

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English mitigated English unmitigated From un- + mitigated.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неотслабващ (neotslabvašt) — Translations
  • Spanish: sin paliativos — Translations