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

Even Diana Vishneva — an only occasional visitor to Ballet Theater from the Kirov, physically gorgeous, stylistically refined, at her best astonishingly varied — can just deliver unspontaneous baby-doll performances of some roles.

From New York Times • May 13, 2010

In the past 10 years," he says, "film has become very unspontaneous, whether it's using digital technology or being very storyboarded.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Castle, Egerton