UNTEMPERED


Meaning of UNTEMPERED in English

|ən.+ adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from un- (I) + tempered

1.

a. : lacking in moderation : intemperate , uncontrolled

the inhumanity of his untempered principles — M.S.Dworkin

b. : not made less extreme : unmodified

individualism untempered by social responsibilities and loyalties — F.M. & Marie Keesing

2. : not brought to a proper consistency

untempered mortar

: not hardened

untempered steel

3. of a musical scale : pure 1b(2)

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