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🖼️ Not reflected 💾 Not duplicated
unmirrored

unmirrored

8.2
Not copied to a backup drive and at risk of data loss
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈmɪrərd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sin espejo
  • The server's data was unmirrored, making it vulnerable to loss in case of hardware failure.

Examples

  • They realized too late that the important files were stored on an unmirrored drive.

  • For better protection, avoid keeping critical information on unmirrored systems.

  • The data is unmirrored for security reasons.

  • An unmirrored disk may lead to data loss.

  • The server's data was unmirrored, making it vulnerable to loss in case of hardware failure.

  • They realized too late that the important files were stored on an unmirrored drive.

  • For better protection, avoid keeping critical information on unmirrored systems.

Synonyms

unmatched
vsunmirrored
1 3.7

One item that does not have its pair

refers to absence of duplicate backups in storage systems rather than missing a pair
unduplicated
vsunmirrored
1 6.5

Not copied or repeated so there is only one version

applies specifically to storage or systems lacking redundant backup copies

Antonyms

mirrored
4.3

Having the same look as in a mirror

How Mirrored

redundant
  • Specialized
11 5.1
mirrored
4.3
unmirrored
  • Specialized
8.2

Surface Forms

unmirrored positive

Morphology

unmirrored = mirrored (transparent) = un + mirror + ed

The word is formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'mirrored', and the meaning is directly interpretable as 'not mirrored' or 'not duplicated by mirroring'.

Etymology

Unmirrored comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and mirror meaning 'a copy or reflection'. In computing, a 'mirror' is a copy or backup of data, so unmirrored describes a disk or system with 'no mirror' and therefore no backup, which makes data loss more likely.