immitigable

[ ih-mit-i-guh-buhl ]

adjective

1. unable to be mitigated; not to be mitigated.

immitigable

/ ɪˈmɪtɪɡəbəl /

adjective

1. rare.
   unable to be mitigated; relentless; unappeasable

Derived Forms

• imˌmitigaˈbility, noun
• imˈmitigably, adverb

Other Words From

• im·miti·ga·bili·ty noun
• im·miti·ga·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of immitigable¹

1570–80; < Late Latin immītigābilis. See im- ², mitigate ( def ), -able ( def )

Example Sentences

TikTok poses an “immitigable risk” to national security that necessitates the popular social media application to completely sever ties with its Chinese parent company, the U.S. government argued Friday.

From Washington Times

“Barring a complete divestiture of ByteDate from the TikTok application,” the memo says, “TikTok presents an immitigable risk to the national security, foreign policy and economy of the United States.”

From Washington Times

After one of her most affecting passages, Allen walked calmly back to her place in a circle, preparing to hear out Lawson, who gives the final and most harrowing disclosure of the piece, a tale of soured love, horror, and immitigable loss.

From The New Yorker

There is a small but immitigable fallacy in the theory of close reading, though, and it applies to political journalism as well as to the reading of poetry.

From The New Yorker

He inspects the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, some fiendish and immitigable hope flaring within him: What if-—?

From Literature