单词 | unscheduled |
释义 | unscheduled (once / 28688 pages) adj Something unscheduled is not planned for or anticipated. If your mother shows up at your door unscheduled, hope that you've been keeping the place nice and clean since you won't have time to tidy up before her arrival. The word unscheduled describes something that is not planned or scheduled in advance, as seen by the prefix un- meaning "not." An unscheduled interruption of a television program might mean there's breaking news that you need to hear. An unscheduled delay of a flight might mean you're stuck in the airport for hours. Whatever it may be, something that's unscheduled happens without your expecting it, which means it might very well throw you off your regular routine or schedule. WORD FAMILYscheduled: unscheduled+/reschedule: rescheduled, reschedules, rescheduling/schedule: reschedule, scheduled, scheduler, schedules, scheduling/scheduler: schedulers USAGE EXAMPLESWithout undertaking the work they need, refineries run the risk of more unscheduled outages at plants. Reuters(Dec 29, 2016) Melbourne’s system is shut down, temporarily, for unscheduled maintenance. Seattle Times(Dec 19, 2016) “Today I am aware of the risk of not being able to unite people,” Mr. Hollande said in an unscheduled announcement from the Élysée Palace. Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016) adj not scheduled or not on a regular schedule an unscheduled meeting the plane made an unscheduled stop at Gander for refueling Syn|Ant extra, special added to a regular schedule forcedmade necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency scheduled planned or scheduled for some certain time or times regularregularly scheduled for fixed times |
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