unscripted

Not scripted; without a script.

Adjective

  1. Not scripted; without a script.
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • "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...
  2. Unplanned, 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...

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English scripted English unscripted From un- + scripted.