Definitions of tempered
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made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment“a sword of tempered steel”“tempered glass”
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curable
capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent
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sunbaked
baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned
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unhardened, untempered
not brought to a proper consistency or hardness
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brittle, unannealed
(of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
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curable
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adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element“criticism tempered with kindly sympathy”
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untempered
not moderated or controlled
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unmoderated
not made less extreme
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untempered
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