"unmitigated" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unmitigated [comparative], most unmitigated [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + mitigated. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|mitigated}} un- + mitigated Head templates: {{en-adj}} unmitigated (comparative more unmitigated, superlative most unmitigated)
  1. Not mitigated. Translations (Translations): неотслабващ (neotslabvašt) (Bulgarian), sin paliativos (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-unmitigated-en-adj-yRth8-p1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 100 0
  2. (intensifier) Total, complete, utter. Tags: emphatic, intensifier
    Sense id: en-unmitigated-en-adj-9fz2WVTk

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