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
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
Four years ago, this policy seemed like a thoughtful reaction to the first Trump election, when extensive unmediated coverage of his rallies played like advertisements for the man.
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Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
But the real excitement was in hearing the voices of the justices, live, unmediated and crackling with life.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
Mere physical, unmediated laughter might be a good place to begin exploring the higher morality of comedy—for comedy, like pornography, is the rare form that has a physical end, either achieved or not.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
What viewers might assume to be an unmediated flow of in-game audio is more like a live D.J. mix, sculpted spontaneously by Stevens, who blends sounds from dozens of sources.
—Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
Now reissued by Hughes’s nonprofit, A Public Space, the book feels at once crafted, its prose full of calibrated grace, and startlingly unmediated.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2021
But his show also demonstrated that TV populists, like all populists, aren’t just reflecting broad, unmediated reality.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
His perspective seems unmediated by the endless scroll of social feeds.
—Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 28 Feb. 2023
Twitter is a platform for unmediated broadcasting to roughly a quarter billion active users.
—Roger McNamee, Time, 19 Dec. 2022
Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
But the real excitement was in hearing the voices of the justices, live, unmediated and crackling with life.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
Mere physical, unmediated laughter might be a good place to begin exploring the higher morality of comedy—for comedy, like pornography, is the rare form that has a physical end, either achieved or not.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
What viewers might assume to be an unmediated flow of in-game audio is more like a live D.J. mix, sculpted spontaneously by Stevens, who blends sounds from dozens of sources.
—Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
Now reissued by Hughes’s nonprofit, A Public Space, the book feels at once crafted, its prose full of calibrated grace, and startlingly unmediated.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2021
But his show also demonstrated that TV populists, like all populists, aren’t just reflecting broad, unmediated reality.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
His perspective seems unmediated by the endless scroll of social feeds.
—Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 28 Feb. 2023
Twitter is a platform for unmediated broadcasting to roughly a quarter billion active users.
—Roger McNamee, Time, 19 Dec. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1648, in the meaning defined above
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“Unmediated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmediated. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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