un-mitigated

un·mit·i·gat·ed

[uhn-mit-i-gey-tid]
adjective
1.
not mitigated; not softened or lessened: unmitigated suffering.
2.
unqualified or absolute: an unmitigated bore.

Origin:
1590–1600; un-1 + mitigated

un·mit·i·gat·ed·ly, adverb


1. unrelieved, unabated, unbroken, persistent.
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unmitigated (ʌnˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪtɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  not diminished in intensity, severity, etc
2.  (prenominal) (intensifier): an unmitigated disaster
 
un'mitigatedly
 
adv

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Un-mitigated is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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unmitigated
1599, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of mitigate.
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