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unstaged

unstaged

1 6.7
Not performed live for an audience
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈsteɪdʒd/
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  • Not that I would want to influence your vote or anything, but here's an unrehearsed, unstaged moment from Mitt Romney.

Examples

  • A few years later, I might even have thought they had been purposely left there for the eyes of a reporter, but not on that unstaged evening.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Toronto and San Francisco oversamples were drawn (1050 each) to account for unstaged cases and other missing data.

    Academic text (2011)
  • For MacCannell, the relationship between surface and depth is much more complex; the only authentic, unstaged experience of local life that the tourist is likely to have is to see the locals going about their tourist business in a routine way, having gotten used to the presence of tourists.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The documentary captured an unstaged moment of joy when the children played in the park.

  • During the interview, we wanted to create an unstaged atmosphere where the candidates felt at ease.

  • The photographer specializes in unstaged shots that reflect genuine emotions and candid interactions.

Synonyms

unperformed
vsunstaged
6.0

Not done or carried out, often not shown to people

refers specifically to works not shown on a stage

Antonyms

3.9

Performed in a theatre for people to watch

How Staged

staged
3.9
unstaged
1 6.7

Surface Forms

unstaged positive

Morphology

unstaged = staged (transparent) = un + stage + ed

Formed by the productive negative prefix 'un-' added to the adjective 'staged' (stage + -ed), so the meaning is directly the negation of 'staged'.

Etymology

The word unstaged is made from un- ('not') + stage ('platform for a performance'), so it means 'not performed on a stage'. A helpful way to remember it is like unhappy: un- simply makes the base word the opposite, and the base here is staged, meaning 'put on a stage'.