unspontaneous
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The story describes the contradiction of the philosopher’s “paean to spontaneity and her own nature, the least spontaneous, most doggedly, nervously, even fanatically unspontaneous I know.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 18, 2016
Eight numbers were choreographed by Mr. Galletto; all too often it seemed that tango was an awkward pretext for a more artfully unspontaneous and strenuous kind of movement.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2013
Then there are the unspontaneous and nervous speeches.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2010
Other protesters staged equally unspontaneous demonstrations in a dozen provincial capitals.
From Time Magazine Archive
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During the meal, which was presently set forth and proclaimed ready by René, the talk, as was natural in that watchful attendant's presence, ran only on general topics, and was in consequence fitful and unspontaneous.
From The Light of Scarthey by Egerton Castle