Severe vs Unmitigated - What's the difference?
severe | unmitigated | Related terms |
Very bad or intense.
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, title=A Drier and Hotter Future
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Strict or harsh.
Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
Not mitigated.
* 1919 ,
*:"You don't care if people think you an utter blackguard? You don't care if she and your children have to beg their bread?"
*:"Not a damn."
*:I was silent for a moment in order to give greater force to my next remark. I spoke as deliberately as I could.
*:"You are a most unmitigated cad."
*:"Now that you've got that off your chest, let's go and have dinner."
Severe is a related term of unmitigated.
As adjectives the difference between severe and unmitigated
is that severe is severe, harsh while unmitigated is not mitigated.severe
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(er)citation, passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
