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unscheduled

unscheduled adjective: not scheduled; impromptu.

Adjective

unscheduled (not comparable)

  1. Not scheduled; impromptu.
    • There were two further unscheduled stops, one at a small station, Skalice, where a small party of tourists entrained, and at Břeclav, a junction and customs post on the Austrian frontier.1947 January and February, Gerald Druce (Jun.), “A Journey on the "Slovak Arrow"”, in Railway Magazine, page 17
    • Because most diesel failures can be traced to electrical faults, minor in themselves but often difficult to pin-point, any unscheduled halt during a trial run is often the signal for the frenzied unfolding of wiring diagrams and the appearance of an impressive array of voltmeters and circuit...1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268
  2. (India) Not scheduled in the political sense.

Examples of unscheduled in a sentence

  • RUD stands for “rapid unscheduled disassembly” – a fancy way to say “crashed.”2020 December 13, Eliott C. McLaughlin and Melissa Alonso, “SpaceX Falcon 9 launches and deploys satellite, days after another rocket...
  • He contacted the Rail Operating Centre in York to request an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon, which was arranged.2025 November 12, David Stubbings, “Knife attack: heroes hailed for saving lives”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 10:

Origin of unscheduled

From un- + scheduled.

Words formed from unscheduled

Phrases with unscheduled

Questions about unscheduled

What does unscheduled mean?
Unscheduled means not scheduled; impromptu.
How do you use unscheduled in a sentence?
RUD stands for “rapid unscheduled disassembly” – a fancy way to say “crashed.”
What part of speech is unscheduled?
Unscheduled is an adjective.

Words near unscheduled in the dictionary

  1. unsceptred
  2. unsceptres
  3. unsceptring
  4. unschedulable
  5. unschedule
  6. unscheduled
  7. unschedules
  8. unscheduling
  9. unschematic
  10. unschematized
  11. unscheming

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