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untempted

untempted adjective: not tempted.

Adjective

untempted (comparative more untempted, superlative most untempted)

  1. Not tempted.
    • But the fact that someone so untempted by mystical inclinations could in an important sense be sustained by what was in part a mystical relationship is emblematic of the extraordinary demands that, in extremis, patients cannot help making — demands that are as impossible for doctors to fulfill as...2008 February 17, David Rieff, “Miracle Workers?”, in New York Times

Forms of untempted

comparativemore untempted
superlativemost untempted

Origin of untempted

From un- + tempted.

Questions about untempted

What does untempted mean?
Untempted means not tempted.
What part of speech is untempted?
Untempted is an adjective.

Words near untempted in the dictionary

  1. untemporizing
  2. untempred
  3. untemptability
  4. untemptable
  5. untemptably
  6. untempted
  7. untemptible
  8. untempting
  9. untemptingly
  10. untemptingness
  11. untenabilities

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