Meanings
comparative more unsystematic · superlative most unsystematic
- Not systematic; random, disorganised, or unthorough.
The relegation of locomotives to storage seemed to be on a very unsystematic basis on all three principal Irish railways: while one member of a class was rusting in a yard, another might be hard at work in revenue-earning service—[…].
1959 June 28, R. A. Young, “A Railway Holiday in Ireland—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 4161 more example
None of the traditional proposals suffers from the weaknesses characteristic of CAW's suggestions: what CAW has to offer are mere guesses, arrived at in a totally unsystematic way and totally unsupported by rational and reasonable argumentation.
1989 January 28, Werner Winter, “On a new claim concerning substratum influence upon Tocharian”, in Central Asiatic Journal, volume 33, number 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISSN, page 131
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelacking systematic arrangement or method or organization
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian безсистемен
- безсистемен (bezsistemen)not systematic
Dutch onsystematisch
- onsystematischnot systematic
Greek ασυστηματοποίητος
- ασυστηματοποίητος (asystimatopoíitos)not systematic
Hindi क्रमहीन
- क्रमहीन (kramhīn)not systematic
Italian asistematico
- asistematiconot systematic
Norwegian usystematisk
- usystematisknot systematic
Polish niesystematyczny
- niesystematycznynot systematic
Romanian nesistematic
- nesistematicnot systematic
Spanish poco/nada sistemático
- poco/nada sistemáticonot systematic
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