unsystematic
adjective
un·sys·tem·at·ic
ˌən-ˌsi-stə-ˈma-tik 
: not marked by or manifesting system, method, or orderly procedure : not systematic
an unsystematic polling technique
unsystematically
adverb
He collected unsystematically, without considering fine bindings or rarity value.
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Nevertheless, higher but more stable prices without the market-distorting effects of unsystematic subsidization are a net gain for China and foreign investors alike.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Attacks are unsystematic and on residential areas.
—Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022
Impressed by this fact, Koolhaas and his partners use the exhibition to traverse the (mostly) uninhabited earth with unsystematic abandon.
—Nikil Saval, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2020
If RaDVaC intends to produce generalizable knowledge about this vaccine, unsystematic self-experimentation is unlikely to produce useful information.
—Euzebiusz Jamrozik, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2020
This was a radical idea in China, where scholars had always researched the past through manuscripts in the safety of their libraries, or at most, made unsystematic studies of the imperial palaces in Beijing.
—Stefen Chow, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
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Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Attacks are unsystematic and on residential areas.
—Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022
Impressed by this fact, Koolhaas and his partners use the exhibition to traverse the (mostly) uninhabited earth with unsystematic abandon.
—Nikil Saval, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2020
If RaDVaC intends to produce generalizable knowledge about this vaccine, unsystematic self-experimentation is unlikely to produce useful information.
—Euzebiusz Jamrozik, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2020
This was a radical idea in China, where scholars had always researched the past through manuscripts in the safety of their libraries, or at most, made unsystematic studies of the imperial palaces in Beijing.
—Stefen Chow, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
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“Unsystematic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsystematic. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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