untempered

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At 107 minutes, it was an unusually slow performance, but one allowing full Mahler time for extreme swings of emotion, from a ravishing smelling of the roses to outbursts of untempered angst.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2023

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

Mr. Jackson is known as a deft exponent of John Coltrane’s clear and untempered sound on the tenor saxophone.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2017

When Homer came to the back of the wagon with a lantern and revealed Ridgeway’s face, the slave catcher was staring at her with untempered fury.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead