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untempered

untempered adjective: not tempered; not conditioned by a process.

Adjective

untempered (comparative more untempered, superlative most untempered)

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

Forms of untempered

comparativemore untempered
superlativemost untempered

Origin of untempered

From un- + tempered.

Questions about untempered

What does untempered mean?
Untempered means not tempered; not conditioned by a process.
What part of speech is untempered?
Untempered is an adjective.

Words near untempered in the dictionary

  1. untemper
  2. untemperamental
  3. untemperate
  4. untemperately
  5. untemperateness
  6. untempered
  7. untempering
  8. untempers
  9. untempested
  10. untempestuous
  11. untemplated

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