unamplified
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈæmplɪfaɪd/
- Many people prefer unamplified music because it highlights the raw talent of the musicians.
- unamplified classrooms
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Examples
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They found improved speech perception in noise and improved classroom performance, as measured by a checklist rating scale, in the sound-field condition compared to classrooms in an unamplified condition.
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And if they went whenever they were listening to music outside of church, it was either outside, which unamplified just sounds terrible.
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But nobody can hear his unamplified voice over the recorded one from last night.
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The fact that Potts wasn't playing Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, or another venue designed for unamplified performance is significant in and of itself.
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Russell tunes his guitar, ripping through unamplified guitar licks as he speaks.
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Data analysis showed that the students in the amplified classrooms demonstrated significantly greater improvement in listening and learning behaviors and skills, with improvements occurring at a faster rate than their peers in unamplified classrooms.
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In this 3-year study involving 33 Florida school districts, listening and learning observational data were obtained in 64 classrooms with sound-field amplification systems and in 30 unamplified classrooms.
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A good demonstration of acoustical amplification is to compare the robust sound of an acoustic guitar with the faint sound of an unamplified solid-body electric guitar, where the vibrating strings are not reinforced acoustically.
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At the concert, the singer performed an unamplified version of her song, allowing the audience to hear her natural voice.
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During the outdoor event, we listened to unamplified speeches that emphasized the speaker's passion.
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Morphology
unamplified = amplified (transparent) = un + amplify + ed
The word is formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'amplified', so its meaning 'not amplified' is directly inferable.
Etymology
Unamplified breaks into un- meaning 'not' and amplified from amplify, which means 'to make louder' and is what an amp does. So, unamplified simply means 'not made louder' by electronic equipment.