unmitigated

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ mitigated.

Adjective

unmitigated (comparative more unmitigated, superlative most unmitigated)

Not mitigated.
(intensifier) Total, complete, utter.
Their handling of the recent diplomatic crisis was an unmitigated disaster.
- 1891, Exercises of class day of the senior class, Tuesday, June 23, 1891, page 33:
  Prichard, while keeping school, had the unmitigated gall to teach Greek, although he had never studied the subject.
- 1944, Teheran: Our Path in War and Peace, page 55:
  In July 1938, that was sufficient to call down contempt and hatred on us, and brand us as men of unmitigated gall.
- 1962, How to live with a calculating cat, page 47:
  It requires the cunning of a chess master, the planning of a field marshal, the adroitness and polish of a premier of France, or, failing these, the sheer, unmitigated gall of your door-to-door salesman.
- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “ch. 12”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
  "You don't care if people think you an utter blackguard? You don't care if she and your children have to beg their bread?"
  "Not a damn."
  I was silent for a moment in order to give greater force to my next remark. I spoke as deliberately as I could.
  "You are a most unmitigated cad."
  "Now that you've got that off your chest, let's go and have dinner."
- 2020 April 22, Richard Clinnick, “We are feeling positive"”, in Rail, page 63:
  "The '720' has been out. We were really happy - it tested with no faults. There was a pleasant surprise it was an unmitigated success."

Translations

Bulgarian: неотслабващ (bg) (neotslabvašt)
Spanish: sin paliativos

References

“unmitigated”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.