🛡️ Without protection 🗣️ Direct or blunt ⚡ No waiting

unbuffered

6.9

Not kept steady by a protective layer, so it changes quickly

adjective
/ʌnˈbʌfərd/

: sin amortiguador

As a result, their waters are unbuffered, and their pH and dissolved carbon dioxide levels vary greatly throughout the course of a day.

Examples

Because the audio files were stored in an unbuffered format, they played back without any delay.
The soil in this area is unbuffered, leading to frequent fluctuations in acidity levels.
In an unbuffered system, the data is sent directly to the processor without any intermediary storage.

Antonyms

buffered

Specialized

4.4

Held in temporary memory to keep audio or video playing without stops

How Buffered

buffered

Specialized

4.4

unbuffered

6.9

exposed

1 3.4

Surface Forms

unbuffered positive

Morphology

unbuffered = buffered (transparent) = un + buffer + ed

Formed by negating 'buffered' (buffer + -ed); meaning is the literal absence of a buffer and directly follows English negation.

Etymology

Unbuffered comes from the prefix un- ('not') and the familiar word buffer, which is like a 'cushion' or protective layer; so unbuffered means 'without that cushion' and therefore exposed or not protected.