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unrehearsed

British  
/ ˌʌnrɪˈhɜːst /

adjective

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

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It’s like Cirque du Soleil performed by unrehearsed 19-year-olds with skull tattoos, or some mad operation dreamed up by Col.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

Audiences are summoned to the stage at random by the unrehearsed actor.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2025

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

The car alarm is not a metaphor, but just an unrehearsed annoyance.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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