unbuffered

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adjective

That operates without a hardware or software buffer.

OriginEnglish buffered ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Less commonScrabble 19
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Meanings

unbuffered1

adjectiveunbuffered (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputingThat operates without a hardware or software buffer.
  2. not comparablechemistryWhose pH is not stabilized with a buffer.

unbuffered2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unbuffer

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishbuffered
  9. Englishunbuffered

From un- + buffered.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

unrebuffed
Cite this entry
APA

unbuffered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuffered

MLA

“unbuffered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuffered. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbuffered,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuffered.

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