"unprompted" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unprompted [comparative], most unprompted [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + prompted. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|prompted}} un- + prompted Head templates: {{en-adj}} unprompted (comparative more unprompted, superlative most unprompted)
  1. Not prompted; not urged or instigated; spontaneous. Synonyms: unstimulated Translations (not prompted): спонтанен (spontanen) (Bulgarian), неподсказан (nepodskazan) (Bulgarian), oma-aloitteinen (Finnish), spontané (French), uoppfordret (Norwegian)
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