unscripted

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adjective

Not scripted; without a script.

Opposite
UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveunscripted (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot scripted; without a script.

    A decade after introducing the idea that unscripted shows could transform prime time, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” returns to ABC Sunday.

    2009 August 6, Bill Carter, “‘Millionaire,’ Far From Its Final Answer”, in New York Times, retrieved 30 May 2014
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    The audience was then invited to put its unscripted questions to the panel of officers on the platform - and a remarkably varied range of enquiries they proved to be.

    1961 April, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 194–195

    "Secrets of the London Underground is completely unscripted. It is just me and Tim going to a location, and I have to contextualise where we are.

    2022 July 13, Siddy Holloway tells Tom Allett, “There are definitely more stories to tell”, in RAIL, number 961, page 50
  2. broadlynot comparableUnplanned, unexpected, spontaneous.

    Hoping to avoid any unscripted episodes during President Clinton's visit to the ancient city of Xian today, Chinese authorities yesterday detained two of the city's leading dissidents.

    1998 June 25, Tony Karon, “China Swoops Down on Dissidents”, in Time, retrieved 30 May 2014

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot furnished with or using a script

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. Englishscripted
  9. Englishunscripted

From un- + scripted.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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