as in impromptu
made or done without previous thought or preparation
an unrehearsed speech of thanks
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Recent Examples of unrehearsed
But then, flying toward the conclusion of Act I, Matthew finds that he, too, is being pulled down by unrehearsed emotion.
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Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Format this as conversational language that sounds unrehearsed.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Sandra Tsing Loh served as the unrehearsed actor on opening night, following the script’s instructions and ultimately presiding over an evening of charades dreamed up in advance by an oracle.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Though the swearing made it onto the streamer, the moment seemed unrehearsed and did not look like anyone was expecting it.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unrehearsed
Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Format this as conversational language that sounds unrehearsed.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Sandra Tsing Loh served as the unrehearsed actor on opening night, following the script’s instructions and ultimately presiding over an evening of charades dreamed up in advance by an oracle.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Though the swearing made it onto the streamer, the moment seemed unrehearsed and did not look like anyone was expecting it.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unrehearsed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrehearsed
Adjective
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Without doubt, Her Royal Highness's impromptu visit definitely left everybody overjoyed.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
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But out of everything, the archive’s most astonishing component is a series of home movies that allegedly capture impromptu moments of psychokinetic activity within an upside-down fish tank.—
Shannon Taggart,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana seeks to preserve that heritage, capturing the raw intensity and intimate, improvised interplay of the performers in Tablao Flamenco, coming to Dallas as part of the TITAS/Dance Unbound series.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Emmy nominee and beloved Broadway star Michael Urie gets to embrace Brian’s egomania by preaching its benefits in an improvised TED talk… only to then repeatedly abandon his personal belief system in favor of the show’s supportive communal vibes.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Thompson has explored visual art since moving to New Zealand, as well as starting an improvisational guitar-drums duo called Tondo.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
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The president’s crackdown has adopted an improvisational approach, not an institutional one, with blurred leadership roles and no clear chain of command.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Unrehearsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrehearsed. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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