improvised
Americanadjective
Synonym Usage
See extemporaneous.
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Etymology
Origin of improvised
Example Sentences
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Helicopters carrying aid have landed at the improvised hospital and those who lost their homes during the quake are being provided with food, water and clothes.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
"When an innovation takes such deep root in the lives of children, we cannot make an improvised response," France's high commissioner for children Sarah El Hairy said Monday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
This installation stages basins filled with floating ceramic bowls, which drift and collide in an improvised soundscape that takes its title from the term for the random movement of atoms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
At the California City facility, detainees said they got so cold that they cut the ends off socks to make improvised sleeves and covered the air vents in their cells with sheets of paper.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
A shower had been improvised from a rubber hose and a bucket filled with water heated by the kitchen staff.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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