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unrehearsed

British  
/ ˌʌnrɪˈhɜːst /

adjective

  1. (of a play, speech, etc) not having been practised in advance

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Usher's moves are so effortless that they look unrehearsed, but such ease comes at a cost: Last year, he had to postpone the start of the tour after injuring his neck in practice.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

Times columnist Glenn Whipp wrote in Sunday’s live blog that Cena’s gag was unrehearsed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2024

And Associated Press photographer John Locher roamed the carpet, capturing many of these unrehearsed moments Sunday night.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2023

They deliver their lines in an emotionless, crystal-clear manner that verges on the unrehearsed; not entirely affectless, but rather with the slightly enunciated flatness of an audio tutorial.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2023

Four bartenders moved in an unrehearsed dance as they tried to provide drinks to the impatient Marines who screamed at them above the broadening dimensions of pandemonium loose in the Officers’ Club.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy