unmitigated

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"Joselyn," said the old detective, "is a clever grafter -- in other words, an unmitigated scoundrel.

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  1. adjective Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; unrelieved: unmitigated suffering.
  2. adjective Without qualification or exception; absolute: an unmitigated lie.

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  • Chamberlain wrote to me: “As usual—the question having been twice settled Hartington, in a minority of one, raises the whole question again It is direct, unmitigated, and unconcealed obstruction.” We then discussed the expedition to Khartoum and the making of a Suakim Berber railway, but it was decided that orders were not yet to be given. —  The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Vol. 2
  • Having personally witnessed with horror the unmitigated disaster of Charles ;s marriage to a virgin noblewoman, modern princes are now insisting on marrying nonvirgin commoners of their choice and are willing to fight for that right. —  Sex with Kings Eleanor Herman
  • It is a universal diminution; the diminution equally of our resources and of our capacity to guide them; a penalty unmitigated, save by love of friends, which then first becomes truly dear and precious to us; or by comforts brought from beyond this earthly sphere, from that serene Fountain of peace and hope, to which our weak Philosophy cannot raise her wing. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life of Friedrich Schiller, by Thomas Carlyle
  • But we should not simply give unfettered, unmitigated, and unregulated access to Big Oil to drill whenever and wherever they want. —  The Hill Blog
  • Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan, two fellow not known for their unmitigated support of anyone. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
 

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