Meaning & use

unscheduled

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Not planned or arranged in advance.

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The flight made an unscheduled stop in Denver due to bad weather.

An unscheduled meeting was called right after the incident.

A note on using this word

Frequently seen in travel and workplace contexts to describe sudden, unplanned events.

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scheduledplanned

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