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ad-lib: remark made spontaneously without prior preparation; "his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians"; with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments"; said or done without having been planned or written in advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks"

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extemporaneous collapse

improvise collapse: perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"; manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"

impromptu collapse: an extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated"; a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation

jury rigged collapse

unpremeditated collapse: not prepared or planned in advance; "asked an unpremeditated question"; not premeditated

jury rig collapse

extemporize collapse

disqualification collapse: the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified; unfitness that bars you from participation

unhatched collapse: not yet hatched

uncontrived collapse

caught short collapse

taken unawares collapse

unmade collapse: (of a bed) not having the sheets and blankets set in order; "an unmade bed with tangled sheets and blankets"

undevised collapse

stopgap collapse

wing it collapse

play by ear collapse

go off half cocked collapse

improvised collapse: done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

vulnerability collapse: susceptibility to injury or attack; the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule"

offhand collapse: casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"; in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"; without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"

unplanned collapse: without apparent forethought or prompting or planning; "an unplanned economy"; "accepts an unplanned order"; "an unplanned pregnancy"; "unplanned remarks"

incapability collapse: the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally; lack of potential for development

out of hand collapse: out of control; "the riots got out of hand"

toss out collapse

unforced collapse: not resulting from undue effort; not forced; "a voice with a pleasingly unforced quality"; "his playing is facile and unstrained"

whomp up collapse

throw together collapse

toss off collapse: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"

incompetence collapse: lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications; inability of a part or organ to function properly

unarranged collapse

surprised collapse: taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression"

makeshift collapse: something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

cook up collapse

improvisation collapse: an unplanned expedient; a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation)

strike off collapse

unstudied collapse: lacking knowledge gained by study often in a particular field; "is unstudied in Latin as he is in may other matters"; not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu; "an air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be painstakingly achieved"; "simple unstudied charm"

unorganized collapse: not having or belonging to a structured whole; "unorganized territories lack a formal government"; not affiliated in a trade union; "the workers in the plant were unorganized"

spontaneous collapse: happening or arising without apparent external cause; "spontaneous laughter"; "spontaneous combustion"; "a spontaneous abortion"

haphazard collapse: marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"; dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"; without care; in a slapdash manner; "the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard"

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