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View synonyms for improvised

improvised

[ im-pruh-vahyzd ]

adjective

  1. made or said without previous preparation:

    an improvised skit.

    Synonyms: unprepared, unrehearsed, unpremeditated



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Other Words From

  • im·pro·vis·ed·ly [im-pr, uh, -, vahy, -zid-lee], adverb
  • un·impro·vised adjective
  • well-impro·vised adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of improvised1

First recorded in 1830–40; improvise + -ed 2
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Example Sentences

It would have been playing things by the book, in a year the Dodgers successfully improvised at every other step.

Then you took the mop and improvised a song about it.

An improvised aluminum pipe to ingest drugs was also found in Liam’s hotel room, the outlet reported.

Sources who spoke to ABC News on the details of Payne's drug use say that "an improvised aluminum pipe to ingest drugs was also found in his hotel room."

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He was sitting with Zahraa and the boys, a few hours after the strikes resumed, on the street by their makeshift tent, which was really just two rugs thrown over an improvised frame.

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