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unsystematically

unsystematically

6.9
A way of acting that has no order or plan
  • adverb
  • /ˌʌnˌsɪstəˈmætɪkli/
translation icon : desorganizadamente
  • Sender's essay on "Valle-Inclan y la dificultad de la tragedia" attempts repeatedly, if unsystematically, to define tragedy.

Examples

  • As a community rather than a class, business leaders unsystematically derived notions of natural economic law from a clustering of individual experiences, common sense Protestantism, and scientific analogies.

    Academic text (1997)
  • In addition, many students do not receive opportunities for supported practice because practice opportunities may be distributed unsystematically, time does not allow each student to receive necessary individual practice, and feedback designed to improve student understanding is lacking.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Some textbook writers have combined social and other materials, but often unsystematically, while much actual social history teaching remains in the special topics category.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Searching occurs when the hands are systematically or unsystematically searching for information but not reading, for example, when determining how much is left to be read.

    Academic text (2009)
  • They do give readers a lot of information—obviously somewhat unsystematically, but it is there.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Early reading instruction tends to be delivered infrequently, generally, and unsystematically in typical elementary school classrooms (Lyon et al.).

    Academic text (2007)
  • These compspeak skills are the very same skills that Jessica and her classmates have been developing unsystematically by using their all-sensory ITs, but systematic training in listening, speaking, visuality, memory, and the other compspeak skills should be a central component of their post-three Rs education.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The team approached the project unsystematically, making it difficult to achieve consistent results.

  • During the meeting, ideas were shared unsystematically, leading to confusion and mixed messages.

  • She organized her notes unsystematically, which made studying for the exam quite challenging.

Synonyms

arbitrarily
vsunsystematically
27 5.5

In a way that has no clear reason or plan

focuses on missing order rather than on lack of reason
haphazardly
vsunsystematically
9 6.1

In a way that is not planned or organized

means lack of order but not necessarily pure randomness
willy-nilly
vsunsystematically
  • Informal
1 8.2

In a random, messy way without a plan

expresses lack of order but with a more neutral tone
untidily
vsunsystematically
1 3.4

In a messy way that is not neat

focuses on missing order and method rather than physical untidiness
nonsystematically
vsunsystematically
8.0

Without a plan or clear order

is the same idea presented as a common adverbial label
unmethodically
vsunsystematically
7.5

In a way that is not planned or in order

has the same lack of method but is more general in tone
haphazard
vsunsystematically
7.0

In a way that has no clear order or plan

covers lack of order but is less about deliberate choice
disjointedly
vsunsystematically
7.3

In a way that is not connected and is hard to follow

refers to absence of an organized method rather than separation
undesignedly
vsunsystematically
9.9

In an unplanned way not on purpose

means lack of order but not necessarily accidental in cause

Antonyms

To do something in a planned, regular way

How Systematically

methodically
27 4.0
unsystematically
6.9
haphazardly
9 6.1
chaotically
1 5.6

Surface Forms

unsystematically positive
unsystematicallyer comparative
unsystematicallyest superlative

Morphology

unsystematically = unsystematic (transparent) = un + systematic + ally

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ally' to the adjective 'unsystematic', a standard and predictable process.

Etymology

The word unsystematically begins with un- meaning 'not' and uses system, a common word for an organized plan. So to act unsystematically is to do something 'not in order' or without a clear method.