unmediated

adjective

un·​me·​di·​at·​ed ˌən-ˈmē-dē-ˌā-təd How to pronounce unmediated (audio)
: not mediated : not communicated or transformed by an intervening agency
experience unmediated by artifice

Examples of unmediated in a Sentence

photoshopped images have made people aware that a digital photograph is not necessarily an unmediated depiction of reality
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That close and unmediated relationship between performers and listeners has been fundamental to music since a cave dweller first tapped two rocks together and a companion howled along. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024 Positioned between ocean and estuary, the property offers guests unmediated access to the same tidal dynamics that obsessed Woodbury, and the ever-shifting interplay of land, sea, and sky. Paul Jebara, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024 Shane’s writing has an exposing, unmediated style—the kind that’s formed on the Internet, where insight is reaped from the everyday. Lili Owen Rowlands, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2024 The emergence of social media allowed a wide variety of Arab voices to break the media’s control and shatter stereotypes through their unmediated analysis and interactive engagement. Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unmediated 

Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unmediated was in 1648

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“Unmediated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmediated. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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