Meanings
adjectivesystemless (comparative more systemless, superlative most systemless)
comparative more systemless · superlative most systemless
- lacking organised or systematic structure; without a system
Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp.
1880, Mark Twain, The Awful German Language
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
- Proto-Hellenic*ksún
- Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
- Ancient Greekσυν- (sun-)
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
- Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
- Ancient Greekἵστημι (hístēmi)
- Ancient Greekσῠνῐ́στημῐ (sŭnĭ́stēmĭ)
- Ancient Greekσύστημα (sústēma)
- Late Latinsystēma
- Middle Frenchsysteme
- Englishsystem
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishsystemless
Translations
Bulgarian безсистемен
- безсистемен (bezsistemen)without a system
Cite this entry
APA
systemless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/systemless
MLA
“systemless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/systemless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “systemless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/systemless.
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