UNREHEARSED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

unrehearsed

adjective

ˌən-ri-ˈhərst

Definition of unrehearsed

as in impromptu

made or done without previous thought or preparation an unrehearsed speech of thanks

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Recent Examples of unrehearsed Tarr mixes professional and amateur performers, yet demands the same unrehearsed naturalism from each. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 June 2026 The impassioned celebration was quickly clipped and shared across social media, with thousands enjoying what initially looked like a release of unbridled, unrehearsed joy. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026 For over a decade Open Group has been creating unrehearsed situations, performative films, and spatial experiments. — Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025 Unlike offline reality, where spontaneous and unrehearsed human expression is not only possible but inevitable, a life online is always reminded of its own artifice. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unrehearsed

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Adjective

Arepas and coffee anchor impromptu support circles, as grieving customers cling to fragile hope for the missing.

— Melody Xu, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
An impromptu blind date with a handsome rapist ends with Esther punching him square in the nose, his blood gushing through her fingers.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026

Definition of impromptu

Adjective

Outside hospitals, temporary shelters and improvised morgues, relatives continue posting photographs and names of missing family members on social media, hoping someone might recognize them or provide information about their fate.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
An improvised rescue operation is searching for survivors after Venezuela’s historic earthquakes.

— Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 1 July 2026

Definition of improvised

Adjective

Leigh is known for making films in a collaborative, improvisational process with his performers and has stayed close with O’Flynn through the years.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 29 June 2026
The 34th annual edition of this popular festival, which focuses on improvisational, funk, roots and various styles of jam band music, takes place at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley.

— Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

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