untempered

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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 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

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

Because of the universal respect the regent enjoyed — from both black and white — and the seemingly untempered power that he wielded, I saw chieftaincy as being the very center around which life revolved.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela