| ADJECTIVE | all | unhardened, untempered | not brought to a proper consistency or hardness |
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| Meaning | not brought to a proper consistency or hardness. | |
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| Synonym | untempered | |
| Narrower | brittle, unannealed | (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured |
| Opposite | tempered, treated, hardened, toughened | made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment |
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