UNSYSTEMATIC Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

unsystematic

adjective

Definition of unsystematic

as in indiscriminate

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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 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

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Adjective

Theirs was a working-class community, nestled just a few blocks west of the presidential palace, that in recent years has been overrun by gangs and subjected to extreme and indiscriminate violence.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
The indiscriminate immigration raids that terrorized Latino communities appeared to have worsened after the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in September, according to LULAC’s report.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of indiscriminate

Adjective

Long, uneventful sequences capturing Kozue’s idle days spent daydreaming in nature or by the incinerator soon come to feel purposeless.

— Elena Lazic, Variety, 25 July 2026
Employees optimize for proxy metrics while experiencing their actual work as purposeless.

— Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of purposeless

Adjective

Many young men feel directionless, especially in a digital age where friendships and communities are fragmented.

— Sherri Gordon, Parents, 10 July 2026
Yankee, and Danny Jansen could also end up on the block, and the directionless Angels would be wise to deal Long Island native Logan O’Hoppe.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026

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untactful

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