Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not spontaneous; not voluntary; forced; artificial: as, unspontaneous laughter.
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- adjective Not
spontaneous ;halting orrehearsed
Etymologies
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Examples
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I think we're seeing a lot of unspontaneous outbursts; the town hall 'protests', Mr. Wilson's crude outburst; all of these and more are calculated to appeal to the worst instincts and to besmirch the Obama presidency.
Georgia congressman: Wilson's outburst 'carefully calculated' 2009
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I've certainly been to tock shows where the hooting and hollering was every bit as unspontaneous and insincere as not clapping after a rousing inner movement.
Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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In the police station they did not volunteer any information; they were unspontaneous and monosyllabic.
Beard 2010
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She's the most unspontaneous, brittle candidate out there and as such, is the least likely to be elected.
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Official anythings are so lame and unspontaneous and boring and cleaned-up and sterile, this will go nowhere.
Obama wants to turn his "YouTubing-Facebooking-texting-Twittering grass-roots organization ... into an instrument of government." Ann Althouse 2009
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He was a face on a pole, a man not yet out of his thirties who carried something stale and unspontaneous, an inward tension that kept him apart.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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This gives you an idea how unspontaneous these activities are: the demagogic dictator of Khartun wants any issue to ride on.
Friday, February 29, 2008 As'ad 2008
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Also: I don't really find her so "cold" and unspontaneous.
"I haven’t paid much attention to [the 'vast right-wing conspiracy'] for about 10 years." Ann Althouse 2008
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The one very pleasant surprise of "Intersection" is Stone's sharply etched portrait of Gere's wife and business partner, a brittle, unspontaneous woman in whom one can see the spoiled, giggly rich girl she once was.
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He was a face on a pole, a man not yet out of his thirties who carried something stale and unspontaneous, an inward tension that kept him apart.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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