improvised
Americanadjective
Related Words
See extemporaneous.
Other Word Forms
- improvisedly adverb
- unimprovised adjective
- well-improvised adjective
Etymology
Origin of improvised
Example Sentences
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Schools that have been turned into shelters are full, and many are sleeping in improvised tents in public spaces and even in cars.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
These solutions were often tactical workarounds designed to patch critical issues in an improvised way.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
Either way, Pedretti says she improvised constantly and always kept swinging until somebody said, “Cut.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
The improvised prison pens—everything from old army barracks and training camps, barns and fairgrounds, derelict cotton warehouses and tobacco factories—were emptied out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Using the plank as an improvised stretcher they carefully lifted Cluny on to it.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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