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nonsystematically

nonsystematically

8.0
Without a plan or clear order
  • adverb
  • /ˌnɑnˌsɪstəˈmætɪkli/
translation icon : de manera no sistemática
  • The team approached the project nonsystematically, resulting in a chaotic and disorganized outcome.

Examples

  • I would claim that this conceptual structure, exemplifying the way a realist perspective is assembled, often goes unnoticed by literary theorists who adopt or reject nonsystematically any of these aspects of realism.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Specifically, physicians, medical students, and other medical personnel assigned numerical values to 12 expressions using one or more of four response formats (Table 10), varied nonsystematically within expressions ("almost certain," "probable," and "likely").

    Academic text (1990)
  • Rather than following a structured plan, she completed her tasks nonsystematically, leading to confusion among her colleagues.

  • In their research, the authors analyzed the data nonsystematically, which made it difficult to draw clear conclusions.

Synonyms

spontaneously
vsnonsystematically
48 4.4

To act naturally without planning or being forced

means unplanned but does not focus on missing order
haphazardly
vsnonsystematically
9 6.1

In a way that is not planned or organized

focuses on lack of system without stressing randomness
willy-nilly
vsnonsystematically
  • Informal
1 8.2

In a random, messy way without a plan

is less about randomness and more about missing system
ad lib
vsnonsystematically
1 7.7

Says or does something without planning

describes unplanned action but not necessarily lacking structure
unsystematically
vsnonsystematically
6.9

A way of acting that has no order or plan

is the general idea of not being organized or planned
unmethodically
vsnonsystematically
7.5

In a way that is not planned or in order

is the same idea phrased more generally
unpremeditatedly
vsnonsystematically
9.5

Without planning or thinking about it first

describes lack of organization rather than only no prior thought

Antonyms

To do something in a planned, regular way

27 4.0

In an organized step by step way

How Systematic

methodically
27 4.0
nonsystematically
8.0
randomly
126 2.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

nonsystematically = nonsystematic (transparent) = non + systematic + ally

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ally' to 'nonsystematic' (non- + systematic), producing the expected adverbial meaning.

Etymology

Nonsystematically starts with non- meaning 'not' and comes from system meaning 'an organized plan', and you can also see the idea in the familiar word systematic. So, nonsystematically means doing something 'not organized' or 'without a clear plan'.