planless

adjective

Definition of planlessnext
as in haphazard

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  1. haphazard
  2. disorganized
  3. unsystematic
  4. patternless
  5. chaotic
Adjective
  • However, industry leaders caution against haphazard AI adoption, emphasizing that strategic, disciplined implementation is crucial to avoid significant financial pitfalls.
    — Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Communication with employees about the requirement to move to new offices has been haphazard, workers at six agencies said.
    — Chiara Eisner, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of haphazard
Adjective
  • Those who managed to secure release under habeas corpus brought back accounts of harrowing, disorganized odysseys through an ad-hoc mass-detention bureaucracy.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Dolly was no more than disorganized storms in the Caribbean, expected to head west over the next few days.
    — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of disorganized
Adjective
  • For millennia, mathematicians treated problems of chance with unsystematic guesswork.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The raids appeared to be wildly unsystematic.
    — Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Definition of unsystematic
Adjective
  • Taken individually, Alice’s measurements and Bob’s measurements both appear completely patternless.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
Definition of patternless
Adjective
  • Local officials said the scene on the ground was chaotic, with multiple people taken to area hospitals.
    — Chandelis Duster, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Gilbertson’s involvement in the ports grew out of a series of chaotic mergers that in the 1990s led to endless disputes among shippers and the railroads about whose cargo would move first.
    — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
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