unsystematic

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Recent Examples of unsystematic 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsystematic
Adjective
  • But some congregants’ anguish over October 7th was compounded by dread about Israel’s brutal, indiscriminate response.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The pope has increasingly sharpened his criticism of war in recent weeks, repeatedly calling for an immediate ceasefire and saying military airstrikes are indiscriminate and should be banned.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 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
  • Tommy and Greg are basically like The Odd Couple in every way, with Tommy’s haphazard approach to life directly contrasting with Greg’s more measured approach.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The ask comes a year into a Republican administration that has been defined by haphazard mass layoffs and firings of thousands of federal workers, including dozens who say they were targeted in acts of political retaliation or for not embracing the White House's agenda.
    Amanda Seitz, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The show follows two directionless siblings, Morgan and Nicky (Levy), who are blackmailed into the world of organized crime.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But in such arrangements, junior staff can get overlooked, employees can feel directionless, and managers can burn out—or, as Dimon points out, accountability for getting things done can be diluted.
    Claire Zillman, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026

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“Unsystematic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsystematic. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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