nonsystematic
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˈsɪstəmætɪk/
- Children were then asked to quickly write letters or numbers in a random, nonsystematic order (30 seconds were allotted).
- nonsystematic order
Examples
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These keys would complement existing as well as planned systematic monographs and handbooks and be directed to undergraduate and graduate biology students and nonsystematic biologists.
Academic text (1996) -
That inaccuracy was not surprising, considering that the site was a classic example of a nonsystematic, self-selected survey design that made no attempt to ensure a representative cross-section of respondents.
Academic text (2002) -
The letters were printed in a nonsystematic order, and participants had to write down the digits following the rows.
Academic text (2012) -
Prevalence rates of these behavioral and emotional problems had a nonsystematic course within the involved age groups.
Academic text (1994) -
Moreover, the incentive structure facing members of Congress encourages nonsystematic oversight.
Academic text (1990) -
Children were then asked to quickly write letters in a random, nonsystematic order (30 seconds were allotted).
Academic text (2013) -
Clinicians should be cautious in using nonsystematic observations about the presence or absence of errors when identifying or ruling out language impairment.
Academic text (2012) -
It may very well be that there is perceptual value in exposure to nonsystematic acoustic variation as well, even though the source of benefit could not be attributed to inducing a perceptual remapping.
Academic text (2012) -
The letters were printed in a nonsystematic order, and participants had to write down the digits following the rows.
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Children were then asked to quickly write letters in a random, nonsystematic order (30 seconds were allotted).
Synonyms
Happening without a plan and by chance
Not regular or predictable and likely to change suddenly
No clear order or plan and often messy
Not following a usual pattern or rule
Parts that do not follow a fixed or logical order
Not done by a plan and lacking order
Without any visible pattern
Not organized and having no clear order or pattern
Speech or action that feels natural and not planned
Antonyms
How Systematic
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonsystematic = systematic (transparent) = non + system + atic
The negation prefix 'non-' attached to the familiar adjective 'systematic' yields the straightforward opposite meaning 'not systematic'.
Etymology
Nonsystematic is made of the parts non- meaning 'not' and system meaning 'an organized set or plan'. So nonsystematic describes something 'not organized' or done without a clear plan, which is why it means irregular or random.