Meanings
comparative more unstructured · superlative most unstructured
- Lacking structure.
His unstructured method of planning scared anyone who had to depend on his schedules.
2 more examples
Since the day after the 2018 midterm elections, President Donald Trump has spent around 60% of his scheduled time in unstructured “executive time,” Axios reported Sunday.
2019 February 3, Devan Cole, “Axios: Since midterms, Trump has spent nearly 60% of his scheduled time in unstructured ‘executive time’”, in CNNDr. Jessie Voigts, a homeschooler and founder of Wandering Educators, a global community of educators sharing travel experiences, said it doesn’t matter if this time is structured or unstructured, so long as the kids get outside.
2020 March 16, Matt Villano, “How ‘regular school’ parents can homeschool their kids”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelacking definite structure or organization
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishstructure
- Englishstructured
- Englishunstructured
From un- + structured.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian неструктури́ран
- неструктури́ран (nestrukturíran)Lacking structure
Finnish epämuodollinen
- epämuodollinenLacking structure
Italian non strutturato, destrutturato
- non strutturatoLacking structure
- destrutturatoLacking structure
Cite this entry
unstructured. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstructured
“unstructured.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstructured. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unstructured,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstructured.
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