unsystematic

Definition of unsystematicnext

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Recent Examples of unsystematic 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsystematic
Adjective
  • The government has also been accused of war crimes, including indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
  • My devotion to Crichton wasn’t indiscriminate.
    Ian Mackenzie, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Adjective
  • Avoid purposeless arguments online — stick with real-life relationships that need fixing.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2026
  • But here’s a question: How much longer can the country afford to lure so many of its promising talents into a life of purposeless paper-pushing and legalized economic vandalism that antitrust has become?
    Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 10 May 2022
Adjective
  • However, what ends up on screen is interminably dull, both in its visual construction and in its haphazard narrative swerves.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 8 June 2026
  • There is no comprehensive survey of the aquatic insects living in the reemerging canyons, and studies from before Glen Canyon Dam are haphazard, Washko said.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
Adjective
  • Granted, at nearly three hours in length, the film is also incredibly demanding — especially its initial half, which, by its nature, becomes a recursive cycle of directionless youth that Rimbaud struggles to break.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 2 June 2026
  • Einstein follows Lewis Einstein (Matthew Gray Gubler), the brilliant but directionless great-grandson of Albert Einstein.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 28 May 2026

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“Unsystematic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsystematic. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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