untempered
Lacking any restraint
Untempered means not moderated, softened, or brought into balance.
Untempered steel hasn't undergone the heating and cooling process that makes it resilient.
Untempered enthusiasm or untempered criticism lacks restraint or qualification: His untempered rage frightened everyone in the room.
The word suggests something raw, extreme, or unchecked by opposing forces.
Easily broken or damaged
- shatterableAble to fragment
- breakableCapable of shattering
- crackableAble to be broken
- splinteryProne to breaking sharply
vulnerable · weak · friable · unhardened · unstrengthened · untoughened · soft · malleable
Unpolished, raw state
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
- unprocessedNot yet treated
- untreatedNot given care
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
natural · unhoned · unseasoned · unworked · unannealed · unfinished · rough · coarse
Not controlled or limited
- unrestrainedNot held back
- uninhibitedFree from self-censorship
- uncontrolledLacking any regulation
- unregulatedNot controlled by rules
unrestricted · unbridled · unconstrained · immoderate · unmeasured · unbalanced · disproportionate · intemperate
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
- shatterableAble to fragment
- breakableCapable of shattering
- crackableAble to be broken
splintery · vulnerable · weak · friable · unhardened · unstrengthened · untoughened · soft · malleable · ductile
crude
Unpolished, raw state
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
- unprocessedNot yet treated
- untreatedNot given care
unpolished · natural · unhoned · unseasoned · unworked · unannealed · unfinished · rough · coarse · primitive
unchecked
Not controlled or limited
- unrestrainedNot held back
- uninhibitedFree from self-censorship
- uncontrolledLacking any regulation
unregulated · unrestricted · unbridled · unconstrained · immoderate · unmeasured · unbalanced · disproportionate · intemperate · ungoverned
fervent
Intensely and sincerely felt
- vehementIntensely forceful in feeling
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
forceful · extreme · severe · acute · overwhelming · potent · vigorous · ardent · zealous · impassioned
untemperedtempered
Strengthened through heat treatment
moderated · restrained · balanced · measured · controlled
untemperedtempered
Strengthened through heat treatment
heat-treated · hardened · annealed · toughened · strengthened
temper, temperature, temperate, temperament, tempered, temperance, tempering