Unstaged

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not presented or performed on a theatrical stage before an audience ; describing file changes that have not yet been added to the staging area of a version control system
2. Never put on a stage or displayed as a performance ; referring to modifications in a repository that have not been placed into the staging area for commit
3. Not mounted for public performance on a stage ; said of edits in a code project that still await addition to the staging index before being committed

Etymology: "Unstaged" is a plain formation: the prefix "un-", meaning "not," attached to "staged," the past participle-style adjective from "stage," the verb meaning to present something on a platform before an audience. The combined sense is simply "not staged," meaning something happened without preparation or arrangement, such as an unstaged photograph or an unstaged confrontation. The prefix has a long pedigree. It descends from a Proto-Indo-European root for negation, passed through Proto-Germanic and Old English, and it has been a productive English prefix ever since, able to attach to nearly any adjective or participle. That is why speakers can form "unstaged" on the spot without consulting a dictionary.

Synonyms: unrehearsed, spontaneous, impromptu

Antonyms: staged, rehearsed, choreographed