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untempered

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore U words

not moderated, restrained, or toughened by experience or treatment

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His untempered enthusiasm led him to promise more than he could realistically deliver.

Synonyms
unrestraineduncheckedunmoderatedraw
Antonyms
temperedrestrainedmoderatedcontrolled

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The new intern was so blank that she completed in two days a backlog her predecessor had let pile up for weeks.

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Untempered (adjective) means not moderated, restrained, or toughened by experience or treatment
Here is untempered used in an example sentence: "His untempered enthusiasm led him to promise more than he could realistically deliver."
Common synonyms for untempered include unrestrained, unchecked, unmoderated, raw.
Antonyms of untempered include tempered, restrained, moderated, controlled.
Untempered is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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