unmediated

adjective

un·​me·​di·​at·​ed ˌən-ˈmē-dē-ˌā-təd 

: not mediated : not communicated or transformed by an intervening agency

experience unmediated by artifice

Synonyms of unmediated

• primary
• direct
• immediate

Examples of unmediated in a Sentence

photoshopped images have made people aware that a digital photograph is not necessarily an unmediated depiction of reality

Recent Examples on the Web

Aligning feeds with values may open a possible door out of echo chambers in a way that unmediated exposure to the other side does not. — Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

The comment section, that unmediated middle ground between creator and consumer, is where comparisons between The Tale of Genji and cell phone novels start to fall flat. — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Fewer are making the time for the first-hand, unmediated experience that produces original thought – and delivers impact. — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Just as between them William James and Michael Oakeshott told us that there is no such thing as unmediated experience, so, surely, there is no such thing as inarticulate thought. — Richard Lansdown, The New York Review of Books, 25 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unmediated

• abdicated
• abrogated
• acclimated
• activated
• actuated
• adumbrated
• advocated
• aggravated
• aggregated
• agitated
• allocated
• alternated