unscheduled

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adjective

Not scheduled; impromptu.

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveunscheduled (not comparable)
  1. 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 CNN
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    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 17

    Because 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 268

    He 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
  2. Indianot comparableNot scheduled in the political sense.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot scheduled or not on a regular schedule

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. Englishscheduled
  9. Englishunscheduled

From un- + scheduled.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Greek ασχεδίαστος
  • ασχεδίαστος (aschedíastos)Translations
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APA

unscheduled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscheduled

MLA

“unscheduled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscheduled. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unscheduled,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscheduled.

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