Meanings
- not comparableNot scheduled; impromptu.
RUD stands for “rapid unscheduled disassembly” – a fancy way to say “crashed.”
2020 December 13, Eliott C. McLaughlin and Melissa Alonso, “SpaceX Falcon 9 launches and deploys satellite, days after another rocket crashed in Texas”, in CNN3 more examples
There were two further unscheduled stops, one at a small station, Skalice, where a small party of tourists entrained, and at Břeclav, a junction and customs post on the Austrian frontier.
1947 January and February, Gerald Druce (Jun.), “A Journey on the "Slovak Arrow"”, in Railway Magazine, page 17Because most diesel failures can be traced to electrical faults, minor in themselves but often difficult to pin-point, any unscheduled halt during a trial run is often the signal for the frenzied unfolding of wiring diagrams and the appearance of an impressive array of voltmeters and circuit testers.
1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268He contacted the Rail Operating Centre in York to request an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon, which was arranged.
2025 November 12, David Stubbings, “Knife attack: heroes hailed for saving lives”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 10 - Indianot comparableNot scheduled in the political sense.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishscheduled
- Englishunscheduled
Translations
Greek ασχεδίαστος
- ασχεδίαστος (aschedíastos)Translations
Cite this entry
unscheduled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscheduled
“unscheduled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscheduled. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unscheduled,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscheduled.
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