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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What traces would remain of unmediated human judgment? Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 And while some fictions may be more accurate than others, none offer unmediated access to reality. Roy Scranton august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025 Hence the persistent attraction to the rustic, unmediated emotion of the Magnetic Zeros clip and its ilk. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025 The movie displays their texts in an unmediated way. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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