Untempered
[,ʌn'tempәd]
Definition
(adj.) not moderated or controlled; 'his untempered individualism' .
(adj.) not brought to a proper consistency or hardness; 'untempered mortar'; 'untempered steel' .
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Examples
- The improved instrument produces untempered tones without requiring extraordinary variations from the usual arrangement of the keys. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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