untempered

Example Sentences

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Both sides would incur massive losses in blood and treasure if their rivalry intensifies untempered by any sense of shared interests, and leads to war.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2021

Idealism untempered by an understanding of the complex interplay of forces inside a country ends up in this sort of mess.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2019

Still, optimism persisted in spite of it all, at least long enough for many American leaders to greet the Arab Spring of 2011 with untempered hope.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2018

If by “rewarding” you mean “educational” — not a different definition that would involve, for example, money or untempered joy.

From The Verge • Nov. 3, 2017

Especially during the summer, the streets so dog mad with heat, untempered, literally steaming with possibilities, none of them good.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee