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unmethodically

unmethodically

7.5
In a way that is not planned or in order
  • adverb
  • /ʌnˈmɛθədɪkli/
translation icon : desorganizadamente
  • He organized his notes unmethodically, making it difficult to study for the exam.

Examples

  • She approached the project unmethodically, often forgetting important steps and details.

  • The children played unmethodically, running in different directions without any plan.

  • I suppose that by keeping his arm at sea unmethodically in sun and shade, with his shirt sleeves irregularly rolled up at various times—this same arm of his, I say, looked for all the world like a strip of that same patchwork quilt.

    Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

unsystematically
vsunmethodically
6.9

A way of acting that has no order or plan

has the same meaning but is a different word form
nonsystematically
vsunmethodically
8.0

Without a plan or clear order

is the same in meaning but uses another negative prefix form

Antonyms

systematically
75 3.9

To do something in a planned, regular way

methodically
27 4.0

In an organized step by step way

How Methodical

meticulously
32 8.3
methodically
27 4.0
unmethodically
7.5
haphazardly
9 6.1
chaotically
1 5.6

Surface Forms

unmethodically positive

Morphology

unmethodically = unmethodical (transparent) = un + method + ical + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'unmethodical', a regular derivation.

Etymology

Unmethodically is built from un- ('not'), method ('planned way' or 'system'), and -ly ('how something is done'), so it means doing something 'not in a planned or ordered way'.