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

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

Each of the following manufacturing flaws can contribute to breakage in tempered or untempered glass:

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2018

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

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