Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not mediated; unconnected; unrelated; lacking a common middle term.

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  • adjective Not mediated

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  • adjective having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

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Examples

  • He spends at least an hour a day blogging; Mr. Maeda's entries are "unmediated" -- another way of saying unedited -- "so you get the real me, typos, spelling mistakes, you name it."

    Design for Learning: RISD 2008

  • The article says he spends an hour a day blogging "unmediated" -- "so you get the real me, typos, spelling mistakes, you name it."

    Waxy.org Links 2008

  • If the content's not readily available from a publication, podcast or on-demand video, a quick Google search will probably yield content that's at least perceived as coming direct from the source, "unmediated" by publishers and their ilk.

    Bob Wells: Disillusionment And The 'Knowledge Economy' 2009

  • These two pieces together constitute an acute and critical reflection on the general crisis of the community: in one instance, as a consequence of the emergence of a clergy in a religion that prided itself on its 'unmediated' relation between the believer and the Creator; in the other instance as a result of the social and political discrimination directed at it by 'secular' governments in India.

    Kafila 2009

  • If the content's not readily available from a publication, podcast or on-demand video, a quick Google search will probably yield content that's at least perceived as coming direct from the source, "unmediated" by publishers and their ilk.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Bob Wells 2009

  • I think of that remark when enthusiasts gush about the Internet's opening up the discussion of everything to everybody and the "unmediated" connection between writer and reader on the Web.

    Blog updates 2008

  • Writers, in addition to researching and writing articles, are expected to put in how much time responding to readers in "unmediated" exchanges?

    Blog updates 2008

  • It seems to me that Saltz just took a shot at something new, intrigued by the prospect of quick and unmediated feedback.

    Sharon L. Butler: Jerry Saltz's Burden Sharon L. Butler 2011

  • It seems to me that Saltz just took a shot at something new, intrigued by the prospect of quick and unmediated feedback.

    Sharon L. Butler: Jerry Saltz's Burden Sharon L. Butler 2011

  • We're used to saying 'here are objects in a case, interpretation in label', we're not used to saying 'here's unmediated access, access through the back door'.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Mia 2009

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