UNPROMPTED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does unprompted mean? 

• UNPROMPTED (adjective)
  The adjective UNPROMPTED has 1 sense:

1. proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus

  Familiarity information: UNPROMPTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNPROMPTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus

Synonyms:

impulsive; unprompted

Context example:

an impulsive gesture of affection

Similar:

self-generated; spontaneous (happening or arising without apparent external cause)

 Context examples 

It had really occurred to her, unprompted, that Fanny, preparing for a ball, might be glad of better help than the upper housemaid's, and when dressed herself, she actually sent her own maid to assist her; too late, of course, to be of any use.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)