unscriptedadj.

1952 Times 9 July 4/4 Mr. Butler will give answers to unscripted questions by some prominent journalists.

1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio vi. 106 A constant check is kept on timing, using either a script or for unscripted programmes, a timed cue-sheet.

1982 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 24 Sept. 1022/3 Nor is it sensible to leave to chance whether or not they will hear about such unscripted incidents as fires and accidents involving people or property.

1988 J. Boydston in A. Kessler-Harris & W. McBrien Faith of (Woman) Writer v. 34 Selden is far too comfortable in his own role of spectator to venture into the unscripted world of passions and trust required for Lily's salvation.

2008 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Sept. (Media section) 3 Moderation or subtlety is frowned upon. Every unscripted remark is reduced to a ‘gaffe’, each disagreement a ‘row’.

1988 W. F. H. Nicolaisen in G. Bennett & P. Smith Monsters with Iron Teeth ii. 82 Sage is used in contrast to the historical song: that is, again stressing its affinities with the spoken word, it is something said not sung. In this sense it presumably also developed the idea of unscriptedness not just unwritten-ness.

2000 J. Dovey Freakshow ii. 50 Such films are also often characterised by the informality of the spoken commentary and by a loosely diaristic narrative structure, so that they have the appearance of unscriptedness, spontaneity and contingency.

2008 Lowell (Mass.) Sun (Nexis) 1 Sept. The revelation added to the sense of unscriptedness that is hanging over the convention.