Complete and absolute, with nothing to reduce its severity or intensity; often used to mean 'complete disaster' or 'utter failure.'
From 'un-' (not) plus 'mitigated' (from Latin 'mitigare,' to soften). The root 'mitis' means soft, so 'mitigate' means to make softer or less severe.
When something is 'unmitigated,' it's not softened at all—the root 'mitigate' shows up in law when a judge considers 'mitigating circumstances' to soften a sentence, so 'unmitigated' means there's nothing to soften the blow.
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