Meanings
adjectiveunspontaneous (comparative more unspontaneous, superlative most unspontaneous)
comparative more unspontaneous · superlative most unspontaneous
- Not spontaneous; halting or rehearsed
Like Pullman's tomb, Beckett's dialogue is encased in its own concrete, in a stilted, unspontaneous delivery.
1988 November 11, Lawrence Bommer, “Labor Relations”, in Chicago Reader
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Latinsponte
- Late Latinspontāneu
- Englishspontaneous
- Englishunspontaneous
From un- + spontaneous.
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APA
unspontaneous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspontaneous
MLA
“unspontaneous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspontaneous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unspontaneous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspontaneous.
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