nonscheduled

American  

[non-skej-oold, -oold, -oo-uhld, non-shed-yoold, -shej-oold] / nɒnˈskɛdʒ uld, -ʊld, -u əld, nɒnˈʃɛd yuld, -ˈʃɛdʒ uld /

adjective

1. not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled.

   nonscheduled activities.

2. (of an airline) authorized to carry passengers or freight between specified points as demand warrants, rather than on a regular schedule.

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nonscheduled British  

/ nɒnˈʃɛdjuːld, nɒnˈskɛdʒʊəld /

adjective

1. not according to a schedule or plan; unscheduled

2. (of an airline) operating without published flight schedules

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Etymology

Origin of nonscheduled

1945–50, non- + scheduled ( def. )

Example Sentences

The airport in Victorville is a public-use airport where charter airlines can operate nonscheduled private flights.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

Students in such relationships spend much of their nonscheduled hours otherwise engaged, with intermittent treks to the door to pick up pizzas from Domino’s, which now has locations in more than 75 countries.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2016

One student in a program I led spent almost all her nonscheduled hours pounding the pavement of Southeast Asia haggling over $2 T-shirts and trinkets.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2016

The law also permits nonscheduled airlines such as Imperial to bid for service contracts and because the penny-skimping nonskeds can generally underbid the bigger airlines, they usually get the contracts.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the U.S. can get by with only four auto manufacturers, it should be able to make do with fewer than eleven trunk carriers and scores of regional and nonscheduled lines.

From Time Magazine Archive