untempered

Questions about untempered

What does untempered mean?

untempered means "not brought to a proper consistency or hardness". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in untempered?

untempered has 3 syllables: un-tem-pered. The stress falls on "un".

What is another word for untempered?

Close synonyms include unhardened. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of untempered?

The recorded antonyms are tempered, tempered.

Is untempered a common word?

untempered is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.