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单词 untempered
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untemperedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈtɛmpəd/, U.S. /ˌənˈtɛmpərd/
Etymology: un- prefix1 2. Compare Middle Dutch ongetempert, Dutch ongetemperd, Middle High German ungetempert.
1.
a. Unregulated; not moderated or controlled.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > completely unchecked
unbridledc1374
untempered1377
bridleless?1406
unrepressed?a1425
untemperatea1425
savagea1450
unchecked1469
undaunted1513
uncontrolleda1535
reinless1566
unrestrained1578
ineffrenate1581
unbitteda1586
check-free1598
uncurbed1600
checkless1604
unbounded1608
uncontained?1611
dis'chained1615
ungoverneda1616
unstanched1621
unsneaped1647
incontrolled1650
controlless1657
irregulated1664
curbless1813
do-as-you-please1845
disenchaineda1849
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ix. 102 Wolde neuere þe faithful fader his fithel were vntempred.
a1547 Earl of Surrey in Nugæ Antiquæ (1804) II. 359 What lyef leede testeye men, They that consume their dayes In inwarde freets, untempred hates.
1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc iii. i Your eldest sonne, misledd By traitours framde of young vntempered wittes Assembleth force against your yonger sonne.
1631 A. Wilson Swisser iii. ii I wilbee your Stickler, You too vntemper'd Vermin!
1808 W. Mitford Hist. Greece (new ed.) I. 584 Every untempered government must be jealous.
1808 W. Mitford Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. 72 The spirit of party will pervade a state with..untempered and..lasting violence.
b. Unmodified, unqualified. Frequently const. by.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adjective] > not mixed with or modified by
unallayed1519
unmixed1526
uncommixed1598
unlarded1648
untinged1732
unimpregnated1772
untempereda1774
undashed1803
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 275 The utmost rigour of legal justice untempered by equity.
1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 203 The spirit of monarchy, untempered by representation.
1847 H. Rogers Ess. (1860) I. 240 His eyes ache with that too untempered brilliance.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. x. 481 Rigid justice, untempered by mercy.
2.
a. Of lime or mortar: Not properly mixed and prepared. Also in figurative context.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > mixed > insufficiently
untemperedc1440
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 395 Vntempred lime yf with the graffes be Putte in the plages.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xiii. 11 Ye wall, that ye haue dawbed with vntempered morter.
1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. i. 7 He laboureth to plaister over his Superstition with the vntempered morter of this quidditative distinction.
1661 A. Cowley Vision Cromwell 47 That none of these untempered Mortars can hold out against the next blast of Wind.
1755 E. Young Centaur v. 311 This castle was built out of the various ruins of many demolish'd forts of infidelity,..and cemented with untemper'd mortar.
1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 44 I have not been labouring in the quarries for thirty years, that I should build with untempered mortar.
1896 A. D. Coleridge Eton in Forties 8 His gloves..[being] bedaubed..with untempered mortar.
in extended use.1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 172 To storm the citadels they build in air, And smite th' untemper'd wall, 'tis death to spare.
b. Not properly digested or concocted.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > [adjective] > digested > undigested
undefied1398
undigest1398
crude1533
raw1533
undecoct1542
undigested1598
hard1601
inconcocted1605
unconcoct1605
unconcocted1611
indigested1620
untempered1822
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 757 The untempered fluid contained in the tubercles.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 695 A defective secretion of the rete mucosum, which..seems to be..untempered or imperfectly elaborated.
c. Unhardened.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > formation of bone > [adjective] > not ossified
unossified1722
untempered1817
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > tempered or hardened > not
unannealed1745
untempered1817
1817 J. M. Good Physiol. Syst. Nosol. 427 Bones untempered in their substance, and incapable of affording their proper support.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 322 A screw of untempered steel.
1839 H. M. Noad Course Eight Lect. 239 A disc of untempered steel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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